12.3.26 ExpansionNode

*Generalizations

   • ObjectNode (from BasicActivities , CompleteActivities ) on page 408

*Description

   An expansion node is an object node used to indicate a flow across the boundary of an expansion region. A flow into a region contains a collection that is broken into its individual elements inside the region, which is executed once per element. A flow out of a region combines individual elements into a collection for use outside the region.

*Associations

• regionAsInput : ExpansionRegion [0..1] The expansion region for which the node is an input.

• regionAsOutput : ExpansionRegion [0..1] The expansion region for which the node is an output.

*Semantics

   See ExpansionRegion (from ExtraStructuredActivities ).

*Notation

   See ExpansionRegion (from ExtraStructuredActivities ).