Pattern specific documentation

You can view pattern documentation for each pattern loaded to your workspace. This documentation, provided by the pattern designer, helps you to select the appropriate pattern for your needs and shows you the UML model requirements to apply it.

You can access documentation for a specific pattern from the Pattern Explorer by right-clicking the pattern or its pattern library and clicking Show Pattern Help. This launches the Help window with the contents expanded to show the pattern’s documentation. Or, you can launch the Help window from the Help menu, click Rational Help, expand the Designing a software application using models folder, the Refining models folder, and then expand the Applying Patterns folder. Pattern specific documentation is included in this folder. Viewing the pattern documentation from the Help window enables you to compare the potential capabilities of multiple patterns.

If no documentation appears for a pattern or its library, the pattern author may not have provided any. The pattern author is not required to supply pattern documentation.

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