Flow final node (dictionary item)

For automation interface information about a Flow Final Node, see Control node (automation interface). For automation interface purposes, a Flow Final Node is a Control Node that has its Node Type set to Flow Final Node.

A Flow Final Node is a final node that terminates a flow. A flow final destroys all tokens that arrive at it. It has no affect on other flows in the Activity.

Create a Flow Final Node through a Modeler explorer pane or an Activity Diagram:

• In a Modeler pane, right-click an Activity or Structured Activity Node, point to New, point to Control Node, and then click Flow Final Node.

• On an Activity Diagram, click the

Flow Final toolbar button, and then click in free space or inside an Activity Partition, Interruptible Activity Region or Structured Activity Node.

When used on an Activity Diagram, a Flow Final Node's notation is as follows.

The View Options on an Activity Diagram allow you to show or hide the Name. In addition, the view options allow you to dock the Flow Final Node onto the boundary of an Activity Partition. The view options are set through the Control Node entry. See Control node view options - activity diagram.

On an Activity Diagram, you can populate a Flow Final Node's missing Activity Flows, Comments and Constraints: right-click the Flow Final Node, point to Populate, and then click the appropriate command.

In the Dictionary pane, Flow Final Nodes are listed in the UML\Control Nodes folder.

In the Modeler panes, a short-cut symbol

on the Flow Final Node's icon indicates that the item is a stub.

The following sections provide information about how a Flow Final Node is used in the model. For more information about a property, item, model part or diagram, click it.

In addition to the standard properties a Flow Final Node has these properties:

Structured Activity Node —Applies only when the Flow Final Node is scoped directly to a Structured Activity Node.

Control Flow — The Control Flow is owned jointly by Flow Final Node and the associated item. The access permissions you have to a Control Flow are determined by the access permissions you have to its source item.

Dependency — The Dependency is owned jointly by the Flow Final Node and the other associated item. The access permissions you have to a Dependency are determined by the access permissions of the dependent item.

IO Flow — The IO Flow is owned jointly by the Flow Final Node, the IO Flow's other linked item and the IO Flow's IO Item.

Object Flow — The Object Flow is owned jointly by Flow Final Node and the associated item. The access permissions you have to an Object Flow are determined by the access permissions you have to its source item.

In addition to the owning Activity or Structured Activity Node, a Flow Final Node can be linked to the following items.

Stereotype — To make a Flow Final Node valid for a Stereotype, set up Control Node a valid item type.