Relationship stereotypes

This product supports a set of standard UML 2.0 relationship stereotypes.

UML 2.0 relationship stereotypes

The following table lists each stereotype, the relationship to which it applies, and a description.

Stereotype Relationship Description
«call» Dependency This stereotype is applied to an operation in the consumer class that invokes an operation in the supplier class. A call dependency can connect a consumer operation to any supplier operation that is within scope.
«create» Dependency This stereotype is applied to a consumer model element that creates instances of the supplier model element.
«derive» Abstraction This stereotype is applied to a consumer abstraction that is computed from the supplier model element.
«instantiate» Dependency This stereotype is applied to operations in the consumer model element that create instances of the supplier model element.
«refine» Abstraction This stereotype is applied to a model element that is a finer degree of abstraction than the supplier model element.
«send» Dependency This stereotype is applied to an operation that sends a target signal.
«trace» Abstraction This stereotype is applied to tracks changes to model elements when the model elements represent the same concept in different models.
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