Denote Lifecycle of an Element

You can capture element lifetimes using messages that are denoted as New or Delete message types. To do this, follow the steps below:

1. Double-click on a message within a Sequence diagram to display the Message Properties dialog.
2. In the Lifecycle field, click on the drop-down arrow and select New or Delete.
3. Click on the OK button to save the changes.

The example below shows two elements that have specific creation and deletion times.