10 - Symbols contained in diagrams

The table below shows what symbols can be contained in a specific diagram type.

In the diagrams listed in this column the ticked symbols on the right can be used.

package

block class

process class

block

process

procedure declaration

semaphore declaration

channel

additional heading

text

gate definition

gate usage

behavior symbols

class

association composition

specialisation

node component connection dependency

aggregation

package

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

-

-

x

x

x

-

x

class diagram

x

x

x

x

x

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

x

x

x

-

x

block class

-

-

-

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

-

-

-

-

-

-

process class

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

x

x

x

-

x

-

-

-

-

-

block

-

-

-

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

-

x

-

-

-

-

-

-

process

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

x

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

-

-

procedure

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

x

-

-

x

-

-

-

-

-

deployment

x

x

A diagram listed in the first column can contain the ticked symbols in the other columns. For example the process symbol can contain the additional heading symbol, the text symbol and all the behavior symbols. The behavior symbols are all symbols described in "Behavior" on page 13.

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