Collaboration Occurrence   A collaboration occurrence is a specific application of a collaboration to express a how a specific instance of the collaboration would be carried out by the participating classes or instances.

Explanation

While a collaboration is used to describe a general pattern of behavior by a set of cooperating elements, a collaboration instance is a specific example of this behavior. A collaboration occurrence will typically use instances of the elements described in the collaboration that work together to carry out the behavior described in the collaboration.

Related Entries

Collaboration  More General A collaboration is related to a collaboration occurrence in the sense that a collaboration describes the general pattern of how a number of elements cooperate together. A collaboration occurrence describes a particular example of the collaboration.

Use Case  Graphically Similar,  Used Together A use case is related to a collaboration occurrence in the sense that a use case may be described or realized by a collaboration. The collaboration can show the roles that instances play to carry out the behavior expressed in the use case. (Note: A collaboration may be attached to any classifier to express the way it is "realized").