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Classifier (from Kernel , Dependencies , PowerTypes ) on page 51
Description
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A signal is a specification of send request instances communicated between objects. The receiving object handles the received
request instances as specified by its receptions. The data carried by a send request (which was passed to it by the send invocation
occurrence that caused that request) are represented as attributes of the signal. A signal is defined independently of the
classifiers handling the signal occurrence.
Attributes
No additional attributes
Associations
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• signal: Signal [1] The signal that is associated with this event.
Constraints
No additional constraints
Semantics
A signal triggers a reaction in the receiver in an asynchronous way and without a reply. The sender of a signal will not block
waiting for a reply but continue execution immediately. By declaring a reception associated to a given signal, a classifier
specifies that its instances will be able to receive that signal, or a subtype thereof, and will respond to it with the designated
behavior.
Notation
A signal is depicted by a classifier symbol with the keyword «signal».
Changes from previous UML
None