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14.3.6 CreationEvent

BasicInteractions


*Generalizations

   

    Event (from Communications ) on page 459

   Description

   A CreationEvent models the creation of an object.

   Attributes

   No additional attributes

   Associations

   No additional associations

   Constraints

Issue 8327 -add constraint

   [1] No other OccurrenceSpecification may appear above an OccurrenceSpecification which references a CreationEvent on a given Lifeline in an InteractionOperand .

   Semantics

   A creation event represents the creation of an instance. It may result in the subsequent execution of initializations as well as the invocation of the specified classifier behavior (see Common Behaviors on page 437).

   Notation

   None

   Changes from previous UML

   New in UML 2.0.