UML 2.0 in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference

by Dan Pilone, Neil Pitman

Overview

System developers have used modeling languages for decades to specify, visualize, construct, and document systems. The Unified Modeling Language (UML) is one of those languages. UML makes it possible for team members to collaborate by providing a common language that applies to a multitude of different systems. Essentially, it enables you to communicate solutions in a consistent, tool-supported language.Today, UML has become the standard method for modeling software systems, which means you're probably confronting this rich and expressive language more than ever before. And even though you may not write UML diagrams yourself, you'll still need to interpret diagrams written by others.UML 2.0 in a Nutshell from O'Reilly feels your pain. It's been crafted for professionals like you who must read, create, and understand system artifacts expressed using UML. Furthermore, it's been fully revised to cover version 2.0 of the language.This comprehensive new edition not only provides a quick-reference to all UML 2.0 diagram types, it also explains key concepts in a way that appeals to readers already familiar with UML or object-oriented programming concepts.Topics include:

• The role and value of UML in projects
• The object-oriented paradigm and its relation to the UML
• An integrated approach to UML diagrams
• Class and Object, Use Case, Sequence, Collaboration, Statechart, Activity, Component, and Deployment Diagrams
• Extension Mechanisms
• The Object Constraint Language (OCL)

If you're new to UML, a tutorial with realistic examples has even been included to help you quickly familiarize yourself with the system.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780596552312
Publisher:	O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date:	06/20/2005
Series:	In a Nutshell (O'Reilly)
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	236
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Dan Pilone is a Software Architect with SFA, Inc., cofounder and president of Zizworks, Inc. and a terrible rock climber. He has designed and implemented systems for Hughes, ARINC, UPS, and the Naval Research Laboratory. When not writing for O'Reilly, he teaches Software Design and Software Engineering at The Catholic Universityin Washington DC. Originally writing in C and C++, he has moved into the blissful world of managed code with Java and C#. He has had several articles published by Intelligent Enterprise and Java Developer's Journal on software process, consulting in the software industry, and 3D graphics in Java.

Neil Pitman is Chief Technical Officer of Mahjong Mania, co-developer of LamMDA from Mindset Corporation, and formerly Vice President of Research and Development at Codagen Technologies. Neil has twenty years of experience in software development ranging from medical systems to Smalltalk development platforms, gaming software to code generation. When he does real work, it's in J2EE and XSLT as well as UML. Look for him at http://www.architecturerules.com.

Table of Contents

Dedication; Preface; About This Book; How to Use This Book; Typographic Conventions; Safari Enabled; Comments and Questions; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Fundamentals of UML; 1.1 Getting Started; 1.2 Background; 1.3 UML Basics; 1.4 UML Specifications; 1.5 Putting UML to Work; 1.6 Modeling; 1.7 UML Rules of Thumb; Chapter 2: Class Diagrams; 2.1 Classes; 2.2 Attributes; 2.3 Operations; 2.4 Methods; 2.5 Abstract Classes; 2.6 Relationships; 2.7 Interfaces; 2.8 Templates; 2.9 Variations on Class Diagrams; Chapter 3: Package Diagrams; 3.1 Representation; 3.2 Visibility; 3.3 Importing and Accessing Packages; 3.4 Merging Packages; 3.5 Variations on Package Diagrams; Chapter 4: Composite Structures; 4.1 Composite Structures; 4.2 Collaborations; 4.3 Collaboration Occurrences; Chapter 5: Component Diagrams; 5.1 Components; 5.2 Component Views; Chapter 6: Deployment Diagrams; 6.1 Artifacts; 6.2 Nodes; 6.3 Deployment; 6.4 Variations on Deployment Diagrams; Chapter 7: Use Case Diagrams; 7.1 Use Cases; 7.2 Actors; 7.3 Advanced Use Case Modeling; 7.4 Use Case Scope; Chapter 8: Statechart Diagrams; 8.1 Behavioral State Machines; 8.2 States; 8.3 State Machine Extension; 8.4 Protocol State Machines; 8.5 Pseudostates; 8.6 Event Processing; 8.7 Variations on Statechart Diagrams; Chapter 9: Activity Diagrams; 9.1 Activities and Actions; 9.2 Tokens; 9.3 Activity Nodes; 9.4 Advanced Activity Modeling; Chapter 10: Interaction Diagrams; 10.1 What Are Interactions?; 10.2 Interaction Participants; 10.3 Messages; 10.4 Execution Occurrences; 10.5 State Invariants; 10.6 Event Occurrences; 10.7 Traces; 10.8 Combined Fragments; 10.9 Interaction Occurrences; 10.10 Decomposition; 10.11 Continuations; 10.12 Sequence Timing; 10.13 Alternate Interaction Notations; Chapter 11: Tagged Values, Stereotypes, and UML Profiles; 11.1 Modeling and UML in Context; 11.2 Stereotypes; 11.3 Tagged Values; 11.4 Constraints; 11.5 UML Profiles; 11.6 Tools and How They Use Profiles; Chapter 12: Effective Diagramming; 12.1 Wallpaper Diagrams; 12.2 Sprawling Scope; 12.3 One Diagram/One Abstraction; 12.4 Besides UML; Appendix A: MDA: Model-Driven Architecture; A.1 What Is MDA?; A.2 The Models of MDA; A.3 Design Decisions; A.4 Sewing the Models Together; A.5 Transforming Models; A.6 Languages to Formally Describe MDA; Appendix B: The Object Constraint Language; B.1 OCL Basics; B.2 OCL Syntax; B.3 Advanced OCL Modeling; Colophon;