Activity diagram to general flow diagram mappings (Connector for IBM Rational Rose)

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Each Activity Diagram is created as an Activity Diagram or General Flow Diagram in Modeler. You choose whether to import Activity Diagrams as Activity Diagrams or General Flow Diagrams on the Set Import Options page of Connector for IBM Rational Rose.

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Each Activity Diagram is created as a General Flow Diagram in the Modeler. Connector for IBM Rational Rose treats any diagram that has one or more Swimlanes as an Activity Diagram.

The name of the General Flow Diagram in Modeler is set to that of the Activity Diagram in Rose.

After importing an Activity Diagram, you may have to change the node types of General Flow Diagram Nodes.

Owning Item in Rose	Owning Item in Modeler
Actor	Actor.
Class	Class.
Interface	Interface.
Operation	Operation.
Package	Package.
Use Case	Use Case.

Each Activity is created as a General Flow Diagram Node (Action node type) in Modeler. The following properties are imported.

Rose Property	Modeler Property
Documentation	Description
Name	Name
State / Activity History (results in Shallow History)	See History State that follows.
Sub State / Activity History (results in Deep History)	See History State that follows.

Each State is created as a General Flow Diagram Node (Action node type) in Modeler. The following properties are imported.

Rose Property	Modeler Property
Documentation	Description
Name	Name
State / Activity History (results in Shallow History)	See History State that follows.
Sub State / Activity History (results in Deep History)	See History State that follows.

Each Decision is created as a General Flow Diagram Node (Decision node type) in Modeler. The following properties are imported.

Rose Property	Modeler Property
Documentation	Description
Name	Name

Each End State is created as a General Flow Diagram Node (Activity Final node type) in Modeler. The following properties are imported.

Rose Property	Modeler Property
Documentation	Description
Name	Name

Each History State is created as a General Flow Diagram Node (Action node type) in Modeler. The following properties are imported.

Rose Property	Modeler Property
Documentation	Description
Name	Name

Each Start State is created as a General Flow Diagram Node (Initial node type) in Modeler. The following properties are imported.

Rose Property	Modeler Property
Documentation	Description
Name	Name

Each State Transition is created as a General Flow Diagram Flow in Modeler. The following properties are imported.

Rose Property	Modeler Property
Documentation	Description
Event	Used to create the name of the General Flow Diagram Flow. The name of the General Flow Diagram flow is derived from the Event and Guard Condition: <event name> [guard condition name]
Guard Condition	Used to create the name of the General Flow Diagram Flow. The name of the General Flow Diagram flow is derived from the Event and Guard Condition: <event name> [guard condition name]

The Arguments, Stereotype, Action, Send Event, Send Argument and Send Target properties are not imported.

Each Horizontal Synchronization and Vertical Synchronization is created as a Fork in Modeler. In Modeler, a Fork has no properties.