*Notation
A ExecutionEnvironment is notated by a Node annotated with the stereotype «executionEnvironment».
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An ExecutionEnvironment is a node that offers an execution environment for specific types of components that are deployed
on it in the form of executable artifacts.
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In the metamodel, an ExecutionEnvironment is a subclass of Node. It is usually part of a general Node, representing the physical
hardware environment on which the ExecutionEnvironment resides. In that environment, the ExecutionEnvironment implements a
standard set of services that Components require at execution time (at the modeling level these services are usually implicit).
For each component Deployment, aspects of these services may be determined by properties in a DeploymentSpecification for
a particular kind of ExecutionEnvironment .
No additional attributes
No additional associations
No additional constraints
ExecutionEnvironment instances are assigned to node instances by using composite associations between nodes and ExecutionEnvironment s,
where the ExecutionEnvironment plays the role of the part. ExecutionEnvironment s can be nested (e.g., a database ExecutionEnvironment
may be nested in an operating system ExecutionEnvironment ). Components of the appropriate type are then deployed to specific
ExecutionEnvironment nodes.
Typical examples of standard ExecutionEnvironment s that specific profiles might define stereotypes for are «OS», «workflow
engine», «database system», and «J2EE container».
An ExecutionEnvironment can optionally have an explicit interface of system level services that can be called by the deployed
elements, in those cases where the modeler wants to make the ExecutionEnvironment software execution environment services
explicit.
A ExecutionEnvironment is notated by a Node annotated with the stereotype «executionEnvironment».
The following changes from UML 1.x have been made — ExecutionEnvironment is not defined in UML 1.x.