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InformationFlow Node
Information flow is a directed relationship that specifies a channel for transmission of information from a source to a target.
Sources and targets of information flow must be of one of the following types: actor, use case, node, artifact, class, component, port, property, interface, package, activity node, activity partition, and instance specification.
An information flow is represented as a dashed line with an open arrow pointing from flow source(s) to target(s). Though this notation looks exactly as a dependency, it is not a dependency. To distinguish it, information flow should have the keyword «flow» above or below its dashed line.
You can draw an Information Flow on UML dynamic diagrams, and visualize the Information Flow relationship line as a rectangular symbol on a UML Block diagram.
Note In the initial release of UML in System Architect 11.4.8, the InformationFlow Node can be modeled but not connected to other elements.
See also
Association Node
CollaborationUse
Component
ConnectorNode
Connector Node (Invisible)
Structured Classifiers
Classifiers
TemplateSignature
Comment
Connector Node
Constraints
Data Types
Dependency Nodes
Instances
Ports
Property
Structured Classifiers
Part
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