Rational DOORS use case and sequence diagrams

Certain element types in IBM® Rational® Rhapsody® are connected in logical relationships with each other. For example, a use case diagram in Rational Rhapsody can hold references to the sequence diagram that describes it. Rational Rhapsody creates a link between the relational shadows (for example, the use case shadow and its corresponding sequence diagram shadow) during the export operation. These connections are expressed in the IBM Rational DOORS® formal module, like any other Rational Rhapsody model information.

Linked elements in Rational Rhapsody include:

A link module named Rhapsody_links (default name) is added to the Rational DOORS project to describe the links between the shadows. You can control the name of the link module using the RTInterface::DOORS::LinkModuleName property.

The link module describes the links as entry points in a matrix of the shadows. Links can be between shadows in the same module or between shadows from different modules. The blue squares specify a link between the use case "arming and disarming" and sequence diagram "Arming the a..." and between the use case "changing code" to the sequence diagram "Changing the c..."

A link is graphically specified in the Rational DOORS formal module as an arrowhead, red for outgoing links and orange for incoming links.


Feedback