Incomplete Frame Naming in Activity Diagrams for Methods

[José Vélez]

When I use a frame in an activity diagram, currently only the method name is displayed within the frame in the diagram. However, there may be multiple methods with the same name across different classes in the model. It would be very helpful if the method name in the frame could be followed by the name of the class it belongs to, for improved clarity and disambiguation.

Is this possible currently in any way?

[StarUML]

Hi,

Representing a method as a frame in an Activity Diagram seems somewhat unconventional. As of now, this feature showing full namespace of a method in a frame is not supported. How about using Annotations to display additional information?

Thanks,

2024년 11월 9일 토요일 오후 7시 36분 55초 UTC+9에 jfvelez...@gmail.com님이 작성:

[José Vélez]

While it might be considered somewhat unconventional, StarUML does allow representing a method as a frame in an Activity Diagram.

In fact, this approach is supported by UML 2.x and is even recommended as a good practice to clarify the context of the behavior being modeled.

Since StarUML already supports using a frame to represent a method, it would make sense to also support displaying its full namespace (e.g., including the class name) within the frame for clarity and disambiguation.

Using annotations as a workaround is not ideal, especially because they don't update automatically if the class name changes.

Thank you again for your response!

[StarUML]

Resolved in v6.3.3.

Thanks,

2025년 6월 15일 일요일 오전 12시 40분 8초 UTC+9에 jfvelez...@gmail.com님이 작성:

[José Vélez]

It is a great notice.

Thank you.