Rational Rose question...

[James Ward]

1. How does one place a Actor in a Sequence Diagram in Rational Rose ? There seems to be no way to do this... The toolbar does not have any such icon/symbol.
2. How does one place the interface symbol (a small circle kind of thing) in a Component Diagram. It is not available in the tool bar of Component Diagram. But i find this symbol in the tool bar of Class Diagram instead ! I need this symbol to interface with subsystems.
regds
Jitu

[Ajith Kallambella]

Originally posted by Jitender Bhatia:
1. How does one place a Actor in a Sequence Diagram in Rational Rose ? There seems to be no way to do this... The toolbar does not have any such icon/symbol.

On the left panel Browse to the view that has the actor defined and simply drag it to the sequence diagram on the right panel.

[James Ward]

Thanks Ajith, this i figured out later...
But how about Point 2, of placing the interface symbol while interfacing with external subsystems ... how do i achieve this ?

[John Pritchard]

I think that the component icon (the square with the 2 rectangles) is supposed to symbolize the interface (that's the rectangles) with the implementation. Refer to the three amigos book on the UML to verify.
However if you *really* wanted the lollipop on your model you could define it in a class diagram somewhere and drag it onto your Component diagram.
HTH
[ May 08, 2003: Message edited by: John Pritchard ]

[Ajith Kallambella]

Originally posted by Jitender Bhatia:

2. How does one place the interface symbol (a small circle kind of thing) in a Component Diagram. It is not available in the tool bar of Component Diagram. But i find this symbol in the tool bar of Class Diagram instead ! I need this symbol to interface with subsystems.
regds
Jitu

Once you have included your class in the component diagram, right click on class and choose Options->Steriotype display->Icon.

[James Ward]

Hi..Ajith>
I am using Rational Rose.
I am not sure how to place a class in a Component diagram.
Someone suggested that i declare a interface, then i r-click on a Component in my component diagram, choose > Open Specification, go to Realizes tab, choose > the interface, rightclick and click Assign.
This gives me the Interface icon on my component diagram, the problem is that it is not with a dashed line, instead a solid line exists between the component and interface. I need a dashed line.
There does not seem to be a way to get the dashed line ?
Thanks