An activity diagram visually presents a series of actions or flow of control in a system similar to a flowchart or a data flow diagram. They can also describe the steps in a use case diagram.

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Activity Diagram in UML
An activity diagram visually presents a series of actions or flow of control in a
system similar to a flowchart or a data flow diagram. They can also describe the
steps in a use case diagram. Activities modeled can be sequential and concurrent.
In both cases an activity diagram will have a beginning and an end.
Activity diagram is a dynamic diagram that shows the activity. And describe the
state of activities by showing the sequence of activities performed. And can show
activities that are conditional or parallel.
The purposes of Activity diagram can be described as:
–Draw the activity flow of a system.
–Describe the sequence from one activity to another.
–Describe the parallel, branched and concurrent flow of the system.
Basic Activity Diagram Symbols
 Initial State or Start Point
A small filled circle followed by an arrow represents the initial action state or
the start point for any activity diagram.

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 Activity or Action State
An action state represents the non-interruptible action of objects. You can
draw an action state in Smart Draw using a rectangle with rounded corners.
 Action Flow
Action flows, also called paths, illustrate the transitions from one action state
to another. They are usually drawn with an arrowed line.
 Decisions and Branching
A diamond represents a decision with alternate paths. When an activity
requires a decision prior to moving on to the next activity, add a diamond
between the two activities. The outgoing alternates should be labeled with a
condition or guard expression. You can also label one of the paths "else."

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 Synchronization
A fork node is used to split a single incoming flow into multiple concurrent
flows. It is represented a little thicker line in an activity diagram. A join
node joins multiple concurrent flows back into a single outgoing flow. A
fork and join mode used together are often referred to as synchronization.
Example1: Activity diagram for add a new client.

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Example2: Activity diagram with
synchronization bars. Top synchronization
bar is a fork. Bottom synchronization bar
is a join.
Example3: Create an Activity
diagram for Client enters login
name and password.

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Example4: Create an Activity diagram for Validate credit card in ATM machine.

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Example5: Create an Activity diagram for Email Connection.