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? 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Chapter 7 Appendix C Object-Oriented Analysis and Design: Sequence Diagrams Modern Systems Analysisand DesignSixth Edition Jeffrey A. Hoffer Joey F. GeorgeJoseph S. Valacich ? 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall * Chapter 7 Appendix C Learning Objectives Understand how to represent system logic with sequence diagrams. ? 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Dynamic Modeling: Sequence Diagrams Sequence diagram: depicts the interactions among objects during a certain period of time May be presented either in a generic form or in an instance form. Generic form shows all possible sequences of interactions – sequences corresponding to all the scenarios of a use case. Instance form shows the sequence for only one scenario. Chapter 7 Appendix C * ? 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Dynamic Modeling: Sequence Diagrams (Cont.) Elements of a sequence diagram Objects: represented by boxes at top of diagram Lifeline: the time during which an object exists Messages: means by which objects communicate with each other Chapter 7 Appendix C * ? 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Dynamic Modeling: Sequence Diagrams (Cont.) Activation: the time period during which an object performs an operation Synchronous message: a type of message in which the caller has to wait for the receiving object to finish executing the called operation before it can resume execution itself Chapter 7 Appendix C * ? 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Dynamic Modeling: Sequence Diagrams (Cont.) Simple message: a message that transfers control from the sender to the recipient without describing the details of the communication Asynchronous message: a message in which the sender does not have to wait for the recipient to handle the message Chapter 7 Appendix C * ? 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall * Chapter 7 Appendi