execution specification
The specification of the execution of an activity, operation, or other behavior unit within an interaction. An execution (sometimes known as focus of control) represents the period during which an object performs a behavior either directly or through a subordinate behavior. It models both the duration of the execution in time and the control relationship between the execution and its invokers. In a conventional computer and language, the execution itself corresponds to a value of the stack frame.
See call, sequence diagram.
Semantics
An execution specification models the execution of a behavior or operation, including the period during which an operation calls other subordinate operations (see call). An execution specification ...
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