Right-click an instance line during animation for options.
About this task
When you right-click an instance line during
animation, the menu contains the following options:
- Open Animated Statechart or Open Animated
Activity Diagram displays the appropriate animated diagram for
selected object.
- Generate Event opens the Event window so
you can generate an event. For more information, see Generating events by using the event generator.
- Add Breakpoint opens the Breakpoint window,
described in Creating breakpoints.
If the instance line represents more than a
single object, these commands are applied to the root object (the
object that would have been mapped to the instance line in SingleObject mode).
Note the following information:
- If any object is added explicitly to a sequence
diagram, messages it receives are shown as being received by it (rather
than shown as going to the "owner").
- An instance line that is mapped to an object and
its parts do not represent parts that have their own instance lines
in the same diagram.
- A single runtime occurrence such as sending a message
is viewed only once in the case of a message relayed to a part by
its ports for the owner. For example, if a message is sent to a part
by the port of its owner, the message to an instance line that represents
the owner and its parts is shown once. In other words, the fact that
the message was relayed by the port for the owner is not displayed
because logically this is a single occurrence.