Decision

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Decision

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Semantics

A state diagram (and by derivation an activity diagram) expresses a decision when guard conditions are used to indicate different possible transitions that depend on Boolean conditions of the owning object.

Procedure for creating decision

In order to create Decision,

1.Click [Toolbox] -> [Activity] -> [Decision] button.

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2.And click at the position where Decision will be placed in the [main window]. The decision is created on the diagram.

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Procedure for creating decision from state

In order to create decision with incoming transition from selected object, use shortcut creation syntax.

1.Double-click state. At the quick dialog, enter "-><>"("<-<>" for incoming from decision) string.

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2.Press [Enter] key and decision with outgoing transition from selected state is created.

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