Unified Model Language (UML)

• What is a Sequence diagram or event diagram

A sequence diagram simply depicts interaction between object in a
sequence order i.e. the order in which these interactions take place

 Sequence diagram describe how and in what order the objects in a

system function
 These diagrams are widely used by businessman and software
developers to document and understand requirements for new and
existing systems
Benefits of sequence diagrams
• Sequence diagrams can be useful references for businesses and other
organizations to
 Represent the detail of a UML use case
 See how objects and components interact with each other to
complete process
 Plan and understand the detailed functionality of an existing or
future scenario
 Basic symbols and components

Actor Lifeline
 Represent roles played by human user, A lifeline represents an individual participant
external hardware or subject In the interaction
 Activations Call Message

 A thin rectangle on a lifeline represents the period during

which an element is performing an operation  A message defines a particular communication
between lifelines of an interaction
 Self Message
 Is a kind of message that represent the
invocation of the same lifeline
Returning Message

 A message defines a particular communication between

lifeline of an interaction
 Recursive Message
Create Message
 Is a kind of message that represents the invocation of
message of the same lifeline. It`s target points to an
activation on top of the activation where the message was
 Create message is kind of message that
invoked from represents the instantiation of (target) lifeline
 Destroy Message
Duration Message

 Destroy message is a kind of message that represent

 Duration message shows the distance between two time
the request of destroying the lifecycle of target lifeline instance for a message invocation
Message and Focus of control

It shows tall, thin rectangle on a lifeline

> It represent the period during which an element is performing an operation
 Note
 A note (comment) gives the ability to attach
various remarks to elements Sequence Fragments

 A sequence fragment is represented as a box, called a combined

fragment, which encloses a portion of the interaction within a
sequence
 Fragment type : ref, loop, break, alt, opt, neg
Sequence diagram of an ATM
TRANSACTION