Sequence
A class-based representation of one or more stimulus items (Sequence Items) which are executed on a driver. Can collaborate in a hierarchy for successive abstraction of stimulus and can participate in constrained random setup to enable highly variable sets of stimulus above the randomization possible in an individual transaction. Sequences can represent temporal succession of stimulus, or parallel tracks of competing or independent stimulus on more than one interface. They can be built up into comprehensive stress test stimulus or real world stimulus particular to the needs of the protocol. UVM has comprehensive support the automated definition and application of sequences.
In its simplest form, a sequence is a function call (a functor), which may request permission to communicate with a driver using a sequence item. This complicated sounding interaction is not so complicated. A sequence asks for permission to send a transaction (sequence item) to the driver. Once it has been granted permission by the sequencer, then the transaction is passed to the driver.
