You can associate an activity diagram to an operation. Since the
operation represents the program (or an entry point of a program), this is
how you describe some elements of the logic of the program.
About this task
To describe some elements of the logic of the program, complete the
following steps:
Procedure
- In the Project Explorer view, use the context menu to highlight
the operation and select .
- A few stereotypes for basic functions that a program can perform
are provided in the COBOLProfile profile. Add that profile to your model if
needed, by using the Details tab of the model editor.
- Design your activity diagram by using the nodes provided in the
palette, for example, initial node, action node, decision node, or merge node.
- The stereotypes provided by the UML-to-COBOL process provide additional
semantics to the action node in order to represent I/O operations against
resources or CALL statements. To add the COBOL stereotypes to a selected
activity node, use the Apply Stereotypes button in the Properties view.
What to do next
Figure 1 shows
the list of available stereotypes for the action nodes.
Figure 1. Apply Stereotypes window
You will obtain a diagram like the example shown in
Figure 2 in
the simple case of a program that opens and closes a Resource.
Figure 2. Activity1 diagram
Note: Refer to Rational® Software Architect documentation
for general information about Rational Software Architect modeling.
You
can indicate which resource the activity manipulates through dedicated properties
of the stereotype as shown in Figure 3.
Figure 3. Applied Stereotypes window