Seq Diagram Drawing try catch block in UML

Question

I have a question, how can I draw try catch block in sequence diagram in UML? Can I draw the try as the normal case and the catch as the alternative case or no?

I'm using Visio to dram the UML sequence diagrams.

Answer 1

UML sequence diagram lacks of being able to visualize exceptions. There are "workarounds" however, please refer to:

• Break
• Sequence Diagrams: Questions & Answers
• Stackoverflow answer