Creating Actors

-primary actors-

 

Primary actors trigger events and their state changes depending on the event they fire. When you choose to create a New description, one of the very first things you might want to do is write the actors that will undertake the events. When you choose to add actors, the following dialog is opened:

You type the actor name in the editor area. For example, to add an actor called Student, the dialog would appear as below:

Clicking the Add button registers the actor for use in the description.

The actors are registered as primary actors but also replicated for use as secondary actors should the need arise.