In Unified Modeling Language (UML) sequence diagrams, you can reference an interaction from the body of another interaction. This reference is called an interaction occurrence. You can then reuse the definitions in an interaction to abstract and simplify your application.
Creating interaction occurrences
In Unified Modeling Language (UML) sequence diagrams, you can create an interaction occurrence by specifying a new unspecified occurrence on a single lifeline, selecting an existing interaction, or creating a new interaction.Adding covered lifelines to interaction occurrences
In Unified Modeling Language (UML) sequence diagrams, you can add covered lifelines to interaction occurrences.Removing covered lifelines from interaction occurrences
In Unified Modeling Language (UML) sequence diagrams, you can remove covered lifelines from interaction occurrences.
Parent topic: Developing behavioral features of C/C++ applications with UML sequence diagrams
Related concepts
Interaction frames
Interaction occurrences