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10.4.3 Declarative Statements

A trigger is prescribed by an interface to be handled by an implementation as is the condition under which it occurs. Collectively this is referred to as a declarative statement. The condition is expressed as a guard, the trigger in an on. The code that is executed when both the guard expression evaluates to true and the trigger occurs, is called the imperative statement (See Imperative Statements).

declarative-statement ::= guard | on | "{" declarative-statement "}"

The combination of all declarative statements leading up to a imperative statement is also called the declarative prefix. The combination of all guards, the on and the imperative statement is sometimes referred to as a transition.

transition   ::= prefix imperative-statement
prefix       ::= <guards> <on>