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14.3.30 SendSignalEvent

BasicInteractions


*Generalizations

   

    MessageEvent (from Communications ) on page 463

   Description

   A SendSignalEvent models the sending of a signal.

   Attributes

   No additional attributes

   Associations

   • signal : Signal [1] The signal associated with this event.

   Constraints

   No additional constraints

   Semantics

   A send signal event specifies the sending of a message to a receiver object. The send signal event may result in the occurrence of a signal event in the receiver object (see Common Behaviors on page 437), and may consequentially cause the execution of a behavior by the receiver object. The sending object will not block waiting for a reply, but will continue its execution immediately.

   Notation

   None

   Changes from previous UML

   New in UML 2.0.