It depends on how each role interacts with the system. In the login use
case, for instance, the process is the same regardless of which role the
actor play.  You therefore present this use case as if  the actor has one
role, but use a note to indicate that the actor has many roles.

Hope it helps



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dennis Chu [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 9:57 PM
> To:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject:      (ROSE) How to represent a single business entity has a
> mutliple-role.
> 
> 
> Hi UMLers,
> 
> I have a question of how to represent an actor (business entity) has many
> roles? 
> For example, a employee could be a DBA as well as a VB Programmer, or even
> other more roles such as a manager (who knows, it could be a one-man
> company).
> 
>       [Employee]
>       _______|________________________________________
>       |       |               |       |               |
>       DBA     Programmer      QAer    Manager ...............
> 
> 
> Thanks in advanced!
> 
> 
> Dennis Chu
> Epicor Software Corporation
> Sr. Software Engineer, E-Business Unit
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> (858) 352-1336
> 
> 
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