July 2004
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A constraint on the time of an occurrence specification expressed as a time interval.
A time constraint can refer to a single occurrence specification or to the time interval between two occurrences. It is expressed as a time interval, but the length of the interval can be zero to restrict it to a single point in time. The time can be absolute time or relative to some starting time.
A constraint on a single occurrence is shown in a sequence diagram by drawing a horizontal tick mark and placing a time expression in braces next to it.
A constraint on a time interval is shown by drawing a double-headed arrow between two tick marks and placing a time interval expression next to it.
Figure 14-281 shows several ...
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