Defining a Component Signature

Defining the interface of a software component includes the following steps:

1. Creating a Method
2. Creating a Process
3. Editing the Signature of a Method or Process
4. Adding an Argument to the Method
5. Adding a Return Value to the Method
6. Adding Local Variables to the Method or Process
7. Editing Arguments and Local Variables
8. Editing a Process/Method Implementation

The following steps may also be necessary

• Shifting a Diagram
• Moving Methods and Processes Between Diagrams
• Renaming or Deleting a Diagram, Method or Process
• Converting a Method or Process
• Searching/Deleting Unused Processes/Methods