An approach to check the consistency between the UML 2.0 dynamic diagrams

Nowadays, UML is applied to modeling in the analysis and design of software systems widely. However, modeling the system by different UML diagrams certainly will introduce inconsistency between UML diagrams. A method model checking the consistency between Statechart Diagram and Sequence Diagram in UML 2.0 is given. Firstly, XYZ/E can express the mechanism of state transformation and formal semantics, so it can characterize Statechart Diagram directly. Secondly, XYZ/E and Promela are similar in many aspects; an algorithm transforms the XYZ/E code into promela is proposed. In the follow, the rules which describe how to use LTL to express the interaction fragments in UML2.0 sequence diagram are given. Finally, the consistency between the two diagrams is verified by checking whether the LTL formula is the property of the model described by Promela.