Icon class icon_class fas fa-quote-left icon_class_computed fas fa-quote-left Related content Source Unified Modeling Language 2.5.1 Copyright information About Object Management Group copyright in text extracts quoted from OMG specifications for educational purposes Snippet kind SEMANTIC UML keywords InvocationAction CallAction Behavior Operation Previous snippet Full quote A CallAction is an InvocationAction that calls a Behavior or an Operation. There are three kinds of CallActions. Next snippet A CallBehaviorAction is a CallAction that invokes a Behavior directly, rather than calling a BehavioralFeature that, in turn, results in the invocation of a Behavior. Related snippets Related snippets (backlinks) A CallOperationAction is a CallAction that transmits an Operation call request message to the target object, where it may cause the invocation of an associated Behavior. The target object is taken from the target InputPin of the CallOperationAction. A StartObjectBehaviorAction is a CallAction that starts the execution either of a directly instantiated Behavior or of the classifierBehavior of an object. The object to be started is taken from the object InputPin. If the input object is an instantiated Behavior that is not already executing, then it begins executing. If the input object has a classifierBehavior that is not already executing, then it is instantiated and started. In either case ... Visit also Visit also (backlinks) Flags