Screencast: UML/SysML StateMachines: How a completion transition works (and why you should avoid them)

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Activity
StateMachine
completion transition
implicit trigger
Transition
State::doActivity
State::entry
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Trigger::event
Transition::guard
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Completion transitions and implicit triggers

Explains what a completion transition is and how to simulate and explore it in Cameo Simulation Toolkit for MagicDraw UML, MagicDraw SysML, or Cameo Systems Modeler.

Please note that this is NOT a recommendation to use completion transitions!

© Copyright 2020 Darren R C Kelly (Webel IT Australia). All rights reserved.

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