• Right-click the
State Description (Service) that is to own the SOV-4b Service State Model, point to New, point to DoDAF, and then click SOV-4b Service State Model.
• Create the following UML State Diagram items: Entry State, Event Action Block, Exit State, Fork State, History State, Initial State, Join State and Junction State items.
• Create UML Transition relationships.
Diagram Elements
For information about showing compartments on diagram symbols, setting up default view options and adding existing elements to the diagram, see the following topics:
For information about the creation and appearance of elements that can be shown on all Product diagrams (Representation, Definition, Information, Metadata, Overlap and Same As elements), see
Notation of Elements that Appear on All Product diagrams.
In addition to the standard UML items that can appear on a State Diagram (Entry State, Exit State, Fork State, History State, Initial State, Join State, Junction State and Transition items), the following UPDM elements can appear on an SOV-4b Service State Model. For information about the preceding UML items, see the main Modeler Help.
To create a Do Activity (Service) call: click the Do Activity (Service) toolbar button, and then click or right-click the calling State, which can be an Atomic State (Service), Concurrent State (Service) or Sequential State (Service):
• Click the calling State to create and call a new Activity (Service).
• Right-click the calling State to call an existing Activity (Service).
To remove a Do Activity (Service) call: Open the Property Pages of the calling State, click the Items tab, from the Show Associated list select Do Activities, select the Do Activity (Service) call that you want to remove, and then click Unlink.
To create an Atomic State (Service): click the Atomic State (Service) toolbar button, and then click in free space or within a Sequential State (Service) on the diagram.
You can create Do Activity (Service), Do Operation (Service) and Do State Description (Service) calls on an Atomic State (Service).
To create a Concurrent State (Service): click the Concurrent State (Service) toolbar button, and then click in free space or within a Sequential State (Service) on the diagram.
To create a new compartment on a Concurrent State (Service): click the Service Concurrent Compartment toolbar button, and then click the Concurrent State (Service).
You can create Do Activity (Service), Do Operation (Service) and Do State Description (Service) calls on a Concurrent State (Service).
To create a Final State (Service): click the Final State (Service) toolbar button, and then click in free space or within a Sequential State (Service) on the diagram.
To create a Do Operation (Service) call: click the Do Operation (Service) toolbar button, and then click or right-click the calling State, which can be an Atomic State (Service), Concurrent State (Service) or Sequential State (Service):
• Click the calling State to create and call a new Operation (Service).
• Right-click the calling State to call an existing Operation (Service).
To remove a Do Operation (Service) call: Open the Property Pages of the calling State, click the Items tab, from the Show Associated list select Do Activities, select the Do Operation (Service) call that you want to remove, and then click Unlink.
To create a Sequential State (Service): click the Sequential State (Service) toolbar button, and then click in free space or within a Sequential State (Service) on the diagram.
You can create Do Activity (Service), Do Operation (Service) and Do State Description (Service) calls on a Sequential State (Service).
To create a Do State Description (Service): call: click the Do State Description (Service): toolbar button, and then click or right-click the calling State, which can be an Atomic State (Service), Concurrent State (Service) or Sequential State (Service):
• Click the calling State to create and call a new State Description (Service):.
• Right-click the calling State to call an existing State Description (Service):.
To remove a Do State Description (Service): call: Open the Property Pages of the calling State, click the Items tab, from the Show Associated list select Do Activities, select the Do State Description (Service): call that you want to remove, and then click Unlink.
• Click the Submachine State (Service) toolbar button, and then click in free space or within a Sequential State (Service) on the diagram. From the Select Type dialog, create or select the State Description (Service) element that is the submachine of the Submachine State (Service).
• From an appropriate Modeler pane, locate the State Description (Service) element that you want to use as the submachine of the Submachine State (Service), and then drag that State Description (Service) to free space on the diagram.
The following sections provide information about how an SOV-4b Service State Model is used in the model.