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 INFO UML keywords reply-message-label Message Message::messageSort MessageSort MessageSort::reply ExecutionOccurence Operation Behavior::ownedParameter Previous snippet If the identity of a reply Message is obvious (e.g., when its sendEvent is the only reply within the extent of an ExecutionOccurence where there is only one receipt of an Operation call message), the label may be omitted to simplify the diagram. Full quote If the reply Message has a signature, then wildcard arguments are provided for all return, out and inout ownedParameters of the signature Operation. Next snippet Related snippets 17.4.4.1 Message - A message is shown as a line from the sender MessageEnd to the receiver MessageEnd. The line must be such that every line fragment is either horizontal or downwards when traversed from send event to receive event. A reply Message (messageSort equals reply) has a dashed line with either an open or filled arrow head. A reply-message-label may optionally have an assignment-target given to the left of the message-name, with a corresponding returned value denoted by the optional value-specification given after a colon at the end of the reply-message-label. Related snippets (backlinks) Visit also Visit also (backlinks) Flags