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Interaction Occurrence
An interaction occurrence stands in the place of an interaction or portion of an interaction. An interaction occurrence is a diagrammatic device for reusing or copying the contents of an interaction to another diagram.
Explanation
An interaction occurrence is a fragment of an interaction that is reused or referenced in other locations. It is represented by a fragment rectangle with the word ref (referred to interaction) in the pentagon, and a name in the center of the rectangle. It is a device that can be used to refer to other interactions. It is typically used within other sequence diagrams or interaction overview diagrams. It can always be replaced by the sequence of interactions for which it acts as a surrogate and is best seen as a shorthand notation or referencing device.
