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UML Collaboration Diagram

Collaboration diagrams illustrate the sequence of messages exchanged between objects, emphasizing their relationships and static connections, while sequence diagrams focus on the timing of events. Each message in a collaboration diagram is assigned a sequence number to indicate the order of communication. Collaborations consist of named objects and actors, with links representing associations from class diagrams.

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UML Collaboration Diagram

Collaboration diagrams illustrate the sequence of messages exchanged between objects, emphasizing their relationships and static connections, while sequence diagrams focus on the timing of events. Each message in a collaboration diagram is assigned a sequence number to indicate the order of communication. Collaborations consist of named objects and actors, with links representing associations from class diagrams.

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UML Collaboration Diagram

or
Communication Diagram
Collaboration Diagrams
• Show a particular sequence of messages
exchanged between a number of objects
– this is what sequence diagrams do too!
• Use sequence diagrams to model flows
of control by time ordering
– Better for demonstrating the ordering
of the messages
– Not suitable for complex iteration and
branching
• Use collaboration diagrams to model
flows of control by organization
–Good at showing the static
connections among the objects
while demonstrating a particular
sequence of messages at the same
time
• There is some redundancy between
Collaboration and Sequence
Diagrams.
• They differently show how
elements interact over time
• Collaboration Diagrams show
relationship between objects.
• Sequence Diagrams focus on
the time in which events occur.
• Each message in a collaboration
diagram has a sequence number.
• The top-level message is
numbered 1. Messages sent
during the same call have the
same decimal prefix but suffixes
of 1, 2, etc. according to when
they occur.
What is a Collaboration?
• A Collaboration is a collection
of named objects and actors
with links connecting them.
They collaborate in performing
some task.
Collaborations
• Actors
Each Actor is named and has a
role
One actor will be the initiator of
the use case
Collaborations
• Objects
Each object in the collaboration is
named and has its class specified
Not all classes need to appear
There may be more than one
object of a class
• Objects – rectangles containing the object
signature – object signature:
object name : object Class
• object name (optional) - starts
with lowercase letter
• class name (mandatory) - starts
with uppercase letter
Collaborations
• Links
Links connect objects and actors
and are instances of associations
Each link corresponds to an
association in the class diagram
Messages
• Message Signature
return-value, message-name and argument-list
Types of Messages
Simple
• Indicates flow of control - sender waits until
receiver processes message (Default).
Synchronous
• A message is sent by one object to another and
the first object waits until the resulting action has
completed.
Asynchronous
• A message is sent by one object to another , but
the first object does not wait until the resulting
action has completed.

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