Essentially yes. They both represent things that are defined in
other domains. Consequently some sort of bridging is called required.
To me, the name “External Entity” is more
descriptive of what the thing is, whereas the name “Terminator” is
more descriptive of how it functions in the current domain.
From:
executableuml@yahoogroups.com [mailto:executableuml@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Christopher Diggins
Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2008 7:09 PM
To: executableuml@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [executableuml] External Entity versus Terminator
In the two xUML books that I own, i.e. Raistrick et at (the purple
book), and Mellor and Balcer (the white book), it seems that "External
Entity" stereotyped classes and "Terminator" stereotyped classes
are
essentially the same thing. Can anyone offer some insight?
Thanks in advance,
Christopher Diggins
http://www.heron-language.com