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Status Future consideration
Categories Rhapsody Client
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 15, 2024

Enhancement request to have define formal gates on sequence diagrams

According to UML specification (2.5.1) interactions can have formal gates (Figure_17.1_UMLSpecification.png). They would allow messages from and to the diagram frame, see Figure_17.4_UmlSpecification.png and Figure_17.14_UmlSpecification.png. The latter one also shows to which dedicated lifeline this message is sent, i.e. who is called in the subsequence. According to 17.7.3.1 (Chapter_17.7.3.1_UmlSpecification.png) it shall be possible to put gates to interaction uses (refs), do sent signals with parameters to specific lifelines in those (sub-)sequencs. Also according to 17.7.4.1 Interaction use, input and output parameters are defined for ref-combined fragments. All this is currently seems currently not really possible, but really urgently needed to unambiguously define, how sub-sequences will be called and which parameters will be provided or sent back to/from which lifeline.

Can we have the feature of formal gates on sequence diagrams as per UML standard.

Idea priority Medium
  • Admin
    SANTHARAM SUNEEL
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    May 13, 2024

    Hi,

    Thank you for bringing this up. We will include it in our backlog grooming session.

    Regards,

    Suneel...

  • Admin
    SANTHARAM SUNEEL
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    Mar 11, 2024

    Hi,

    We are reviewing the text you shared. I will follow up with you soon.

    Regards,
    Suneel...

  • Guest
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    Feb 28, 2024

    Here are the mentioned pictures.