[Uml-devel] Re: [Uml-user] (forw) Umbrello - Sequence Diagram

[Jonathan Riddell]

> I ran across an issue with sequence diagrams that I was wanting to ask about.
> According to UML, you can have a call that instantiates an object, sends messages
> to it, and then destructs the object. I can't find a way to model instantiation.
> 
> Normally, for instantiation, you connect the arrow to the instance name instead
> of the vertical dashed line and you don't get a life-line for that call.

This has only been added in the last few days you will need to compile
Umbrello from CVS to have this feature.

> I was also curious about the future direction of the project. I looked all over
> the web site and all I saw was something about xmi compliance. Are there plans to
> round out the tool in other areas? For example, generating collaboration diagrams
> from a sequence diagram? (This is useful for locating circular dependencies.)

There is a request for this
 http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53378

but nobody is working on it.

All code contributions are welcome :)

Jonathan Riddell