Icon class icon_class fas fa-quote-left icon_class_computed fas fa-quote-left Related content Dependency vs Usage vs Association vs Connector If instances of Blocks “communicate” with each other use an Association between them. Association vs Connector - detailed Source Unified Modeling Language 2.5.1 Copyright information About Object Management Group copyright in text extracts quoted from OMG specifications for educational purposes Snippet kind INFO UML keywords Connector instance link Previous snippet Full quote A Connector specifies links that enables communication between two or more instances. Next snippet In contrast to Associations, which specify links between any instance of the associated Classifiers, Connectors specify links between instances playing the connected parts only. Related snippets A Connector specifies links ... between two or more instances playing owned or inherited roles within a StructuredClassifier. Each link may be realized by something as simple as a pointer or by something as complex as a network connection, and may represent the possibility of instances being able to communicate because their identities are known by virtue of being passed in ... In contrast to Associations, which specify links between any suitably-typed instance of the associated Classifiers, Connectors specify links between instances playing the connected roles only. Each Connector may be attached to two or more ConnectableElements, each representing a set of instances that contribute to the instantiation of the containing StructuredClassifier. A ConnectorEnd is an endpoint of a Connector, which attaches the Connector to a ConnectableElement. Related snippets (backlinks) In contrast to Associations, which specify links between any instance of the associated Classifiers, Connectors specify links between instances playing the connected parts only. Visit also Visit also (backlinks) Flags
