Creating Conversations
Creating Conversations with an Existing Exchange
A conversation is described by an exchange representing an information exchange channel between architecture components.
An exchange specifies message flow exchanges between two participants.To create a conversation from an existing exchange:
1. In the process diagram insert toolbar, click the Conversation
button.
button.2. Draw a link between the two entities in communication.
3. In the conversation creation window, specify the Exchange you wish to use.
You can also create a new exchange, see Creating Conversations with a New Exchange..4. Click OK.
Creating Conversations with a New Exchange
You can create an Exchange from a library or a process diagram.
To create an exchange from a process diagram:
1. Click the Conversation button and create a link between the two communicating entities.
and create a link between the two communicating entities.The conversation creation dialog box appears.
2. Click the arrow at the right of the Exchange field and select Create Exchange.
The Creation of Exchange dialog box appears.
3. Enter the Name of your exchange.
4. Click OK to close this dialog box.
The exchange is automatically created.
5. Click OK.
The conversation appears in the diagram.