UML2 Types of Pins - metaclasses

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01:04: UML Behavior: Activities quick start
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UML keywords
Activity
ObjectNode
Pin
InputPin
OutputPin
ActionInputPin
ActionInputPin::fromValue
ValuePin
ValuePin::value
Action::/input
Action::/output
ObjectNode::isControlType
Pin::isControl
ObjectNodeOrderingKind
ObjectNodeOrderingKind::FIFO
ObjectNodeOrderingKind::LIFO
ObjectNodeOrderingKind::unordered
ObjectNodeOrderingKind::ordered
MultiplicityElement::/lower
MultiplicityElement::/upper
MultiplicityElement
ValueSpecification
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  [UML-2.5.1] The Action execution consumes input data on all InputPins on the Action up to the upper multiplicity for each InputPin.
  [UML-2.5.1] An Action cannot start execution if one of its InputPins has fewer values than the lower multiplicity of that InputPin.
  [UML-2.5.1] isControl : Boolean [1..1] = false Indicates whether the Pin provides data to the Action or just controls how the Action executes.
  [UML-2.5.1] When completed, an Action execution provides any output data on the OutputPins of the Action, and it terminates.
  [UML-2.5.1] However, if the Action is an invocation of a Behavior with streaming Parameters ... then the Action execution may also post data to OutputPins corresponding to streaming output Parameters before completion of the execution ...
  [UML-2.5.1] A ValuePin provides a value by evaluating a ValueSpecification ... When the Action is enabled by other means, the ValueSpecifiation of the ValuePin is evaluated, and the result is provided as an input to the Action when it begins execution.
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