Elements in State Chart diagrams

Question

Illustrate in brief the elements in State Chart diagrams?

Answer 1

The elements included in the State Chart diagrams are as follows:

a) Initial State: This state exhibits the first activity of flow.

b) State: A state symbolizes the state of an object at a specific given point of time.

c) Transition: The transition from one state to other state of objects is symbolized by an arrow.

d) Event and Action: A trigger which causes a transition to take place.

e) Signal: Whenever a message or a trigger caused by an event to a state, that causes a transition, this message is termed as a signal.

f) Final State: The state diagram ends with a diagram which depicts a bull’s eye is termed as Final State.