How to represent method reuse in sequence diagram?

Question

Need to reuse the method existing in a class.How can i create sequence diagram for this. To explain elaborately, I have successfully represented the following scenario. 1. I have called a existing method belongiing to a class. I'm quite concerned in representaing the same when I call the same method for the second time

how to show method reusabiity in sequence diagram?

Answer 1

It's perfectly fine to invoke the same method several times in sequence diagrams.

If you have a more complex reusable component, you can create Interaction fragment to represent the reusable part and use it in your sequence diagram(s) by utilizing UML operator ref .