*Generalizations
•
Event (from Communications ) on page 459
Description
A DestructionEvent models the destruction of an object.
Attributes
No additional attributes
Associations
No additional associations
Constraints
[1] No other OccurrenceSpecifications may appear below an OccurrenceSpecification that references a DestructionEvent on a
given Lifeline in an InteractionOperand .
Semantics
Issue 7986 - Use object when discussing an instance of a class.
A destruction event represents the destruction of the instance described by the lifeline containing the OccurrenceSpecification
that references the destruction event. It may result in the subsequent destruction of other obejcts that this object owns
by composition (see
Common Behaviors on page 437).
Notation
The DestructionEvent is depicted by a cross in the form of an X at the bottom of a Lifeline .
Figure 14.14 - DestructionEvent symbol
See example in
Figure 14.11
.
Changes from previous UML
DestructionEvent is new in UML 2.0.