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UML Class DiagramsUML Class Diagrams
Class diagrams are used in:• Analysis To build a conceptual domain model with semantic
associations between concepts• Design Structural model of a design in terms of class interfaces• Implementation Source code documentation, exposing the
implementation
The class diagram provides a static structure of all the classes that exist within the system. Classes are arranged in hierarchies sharing common structure and behaviour and are associated with other classes.
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Classes and ObjectsClasses and Objects
• Objects looks like modules in some ways
Object = Identity + State + BehaviourObject = Identity + State + Behaviour• Objects provide encapsulation of data• An object is described by a classobject is described by a class. A class may define a number of
objects with identical properties
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About an ObjectAbout an Object
• An object has a public interface defining the operationsoperations (methods) it will support
• An object has private data called attributesattributes, which only its own operations can access
• An object can have private operations for its own use• An object may know about other objects by means of associationsassociations
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ClassesClasses
A class is simply represented as a box with the name of the class inside– The diagram may also show the attributes and operations
Rectangle Rectangle
heightwidth
Rectangle
heightwidth
getArearesize
Rectangle
height: intwidth: int
getArea(): intresize(int,int)
The complete signature of an operation is: operationName(parameterName: parameterType …): returnType
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Essentials of UML Class DiagramsEssentials of UML Class Diagrams
The main symbols shown on class diagrams are:• Classes
– Represent the types of data themselves
• Associations– Represent linkages between instances of classes
• Attributes– Are simple data found in classes and their instances
• Operations– Represent the functions performed by the classes and their
instances
• Generalizations– Group classes into inheritance hierarchies
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Identifying objects ?Identifying objects ?
A possible recipe
– We can identify objects in our problem context by looking for nouns and noun phrases
– Each of these can be underlined and becomes a candidate for an object in our solution
– Eliminate irrelevant objects
• Redundant, vague, event, outside scope, attribute, meta-language
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The Bank Account ExampleThe Bank Account ExampleThe Bank Account ExampleThe Bank Account Example
You are asked to design a system to handle current and savings accounts for a bank. Accounts are assigned to one or more customers, who may make deposits or withdraw money. Each type of account earns interest on the current balance held in it. Current accounts may have negative balances (overdrafts) and then interest is deducted. Rates of interest are different for each type of account. On a savings account, there is a maximum amount that can be withdrawn in one transaction.
Bank employees may check any account that is held at their branch. They are
responsible for invoking the addition of interest and for issuing statements at the correct
times.
A money transfer is a short lived record of an amount which has been debited from one
account and has to be credited to another. A customer may create such a transfer from
their account to any other. Transfers within a branch happen immediately, while those
between branches take three days.
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The Bank Account ExampleThe Bank Account ExampleThe Bank Account ExampleThe Bank Account Example
You are asked to design a system to handle current and savings accounts for a bank. Accounts are assigned to one or more customers, who may make deposits or withdraw money. Each type of account earns interest on the current balance held in it. Current accounts may have negative balances (overdrafts) and then interest is deducted. Rates of interest are different for each type of account. On a savings account, there is a maximum amount that can be withdrawn in one transaction.
Bank employees may check any account that is held at their branch. They are
responsible for invoking the addition of interest and for issuing statements at the correct
times.
A money transfer is a short lived record of an amount which has been debited from one
account and has to be credited to another. A customer may create such a transfer from
their account to any other. Transfers within a branch happen immediately, while those
between branches take three days.
Question ? Recognize the nouns!
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You are asked to design a system to handle current and savings accounts for a bank.
Accounts are assigned to one or more customers, who may make deposits or withdraw
money. Each type of account earns interest on the current balance held in it. Current
accounts may have negative balances (overdrafts) and then interest is deducted. Rates
of interest are different for each type of account. On a savings account, there is a
maximum amount that can be withdrawn in one transaction.
Bank employees may check any account that is held at their branch. They are
responsible for invoking the addition of interest and for issuing statements at the correct
times.
A money transfer is a short lived record of an amount which has been debited from one
account and has to be credited to another. A customer may create such a transfer from
their account to any other. Transfers within a branch happen immediately, while those
between branches take three days.
Nouns in the bank account example
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RedundantRedundant - overdraft, account
VagueVague - amount, money
An event or an operationAn event or an operation - transaction, deposit
Outside scope of systemOutside scope of system - bank, days
An attributeAn attribute - interest, rate of interest, maximum amount, current balance, overdraft
Meta-languageMeta-language - transaction, correct times, record
Nouns eliminatedNouns eliminated
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Nouns leftNouns left
• current account, savings account, customer, branch, statement, transfer
Remark:
The Bank Account is derived from
Pauline Wilcox – ‘The Unified Modelling Language’ in
Msc in Systems Level Integration – Systems Partitioning Module
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Association Adornments: Name, RoleAssociation Adornments: Name, Role• The association has a name - the descriptive term,
often a verb, for the association.
• Each association has two association ends; each end is attached to one of the classes in the association. An end can be explicitly named with a label. This label is called a role name (association ends are often called roles).
Person Company
employee employer
works for
Person Company
employee employer
has employment for
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Association: MultiplicityAssociation: Multiplicity
Multiplicity defines the number of objects associated with an instance of the association.– Default of 1 (1: 1)– 0 or 1: 0..1– Zero or more (0..infinite): *– 1 or more (1..infinite): 1..*– n..m; range from n to m
inclusive
Car Persontransports
passenger
Car Persontransports
passenger
5
Car Persontransports
passenger
*
Car Persontransports
passenger
1..*
Car Persontransports
passenger
2..5
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Association classesAssociation classes
Sometimes an attribute that concerns two associated classes cannot be placed in either of the classes
Student CourseSection* *
Registration
grade
Student CourseSectionRegistration
grade* *
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Attribute AnalysisAttribute Analysis
It is not always clear which attributes belongs to which classes by finding out the class attributes. An attribute is assigned to that class where it is certainly a feature.
For example: a project leader has the attributes name, department and age. But what to do with the attributes project number, project duration, starting time, and budget? These attributes clarifies something about the relation between project leader and type of project.
This often happens if a n:m relation refers to an association between two classes. In that case, we can define a new class, for instance project management.
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-name-department-age
Project leader-project number-starting time-duration-budget
Project
-name-department-age
Project leader-project number-starting time-duration-budget
Project
* *
-starting time-final time
Management
1
*
1
*
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GeneralizationGeneralization
A specialization / generalization relationship, in which objects of the specialized element (child) are substitutable for objects of the generalized element (parent).• Superclass – the generalization of another class, the child.• Subclass – the specialization of another class, the parent.
Customer
Corporate
Customer
Personal
Customer
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Generalization - characteristicsGeneralization - characteristics
• Identify common features concerning behaviour and knowledge. Define these common features on a higher level in the inheritance hierarchy.
• The aim is at behaviour more than knowledge when combining classes.
• Generalization is a bottum-up process.
• A superclass includes all common properties of its subclasses.
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Specialization - characteristicsSpecialization - characteristics
• Define a new class which is a special appearance of an existing class.
• Specialization is a top-down process.
• A subclass can have attributes and operations that are specific for that sub-class.
• A subclass may redefine operations of its super-class.
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Associations vs. generalizationsAssociations vs. generalizations
Associations describe the relationships that will exist between instances at run time– when you show an instance diagram generated from a class
diagram, there will be an instance of both classes joined by an association
Generalizations describe relationships between classes in class diagrams– they do not appear in instance diagrams at all– an instance of any class should also be considered to be an
instance of that class’s super classes
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AggregationAggregation
Aggregations are special associations that represent ‘part-whole’ relationships– the ‘whole’ side is often called the assembly or the
aggregate
Vehicle VehiclePart*
Country Region*
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CompositionComposition
A composition is a strong kind of aggregation– if the aggregate is destroyed, then the parts are destroyed
as well
Building Room*
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Aggregation and Composition: exampleAggregation and Composition: example
A B
Question: What is OK?1. A2. B3. A & B4. None
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Object diagramObject diagram
An object diagram is shown as a class, and the name is underscored, although an object’s name can be shown optionally preceding the class name as:
objectname: classname.
The object does not have to be named, in which case only the classname is shown underscored.
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Object diagram : exampleObject diagram : example
Computer
name: Stringmemory: String
Author
name: Stringage: Integer
0..* 1..*
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Object diagram : exampleObject diagram : example
Computer
name: Stringmemory: String
Author
name: Stringage: Integer
0..* 1..*
Brian’s PC: Computer
name = “Dell 486”memory = “256MB”
Brian: Author
name = “Brain Jones”age = 35r
Brian’sLaptop: Computer
name = “Toshiba CT”memory = “512MB”
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ReferencesReferences
• Sommerville, Ian (2001)
Software Engineering, 6th edition
http://www.software-engin.com
• Timothy Lethbridge & Robert Laganière (2005)
Object-Oriented Software Engineering, 2nd edition
http://www.lloseng.com
• Martin Fowler (2000, 2004)
Object-Oriented Software Engineering, 2nd edition; 3rd edition