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How do you return a data object from a subactivity in a UML activity diagram?

I'm trying to create a subactivity that outputs a data object.

Currently, I have a subactivity, Prepare Pack, that adds a Joker card to the Card Pack data object, removes all twos, threes and fours from Card Pack and returns Card Pack.

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To model an output I connected the subactivity to Card Pack data object with an arrow. Is this a valid way of illustrating that the subactivity returns Card Pack?

Solution

  • So here is how I would model it. Given you have the sub-activity modeled with containing actions like this

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    the card deck is fed in via an object node and leaving via a second one. Another view shows that without the inner structure:

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    (Note that the lying 8 is a decoration from Enterprise Architect to show the the element is clickable and contains a diagram showing its inner structure.)

    Now this activity can be used as invocation like this:

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