Manifestation relationships

In UML modeling, a manifestation relationship shows which model elements, such as components or classes, are manifested in an artifact. The artifact manifests, or includes, a specific implementation for, the features of one or several physical software components.

Typically, manifestation relationships do not have names.

As the following figure illustrates, a manifestation relationship is displayed as a dashed line with an open arrow at one end. The keyword «manifestation» appears beside to the dashed line.

A component, named Component1, is connected by a dashed line to an artifact, named Artifact1. An open arrowhead points from the artifact to the component. The word manifestation, in double angle brackets, is displayed above the line.

Related tasks
Adding relationships to diagrams

Terms of use | Feedback
(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 2004, 2005. All Rights Reserved.