Tutorial: UML

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UML

Chapter 1. Introduction What Is the UML? How We Got Here Notations and Meta-Models Why Do Analysis and Design? Looking for More Information Chapter 2. An Outline Development Process Overview of the Process Inception Elaboration Planning the Construction Phase Construction Transition When to Use Iterative Development Where to Find Out More Chapter 3. Use Cases Use Case Diagrams Business and System Use Cases When to Use Use Cases Where to Find Out More Chapter 4. Class Diagrams: The Essentials Perspectives Associations Attributes Operations Generalization Constraint Rules When to Use Class Diagrams Where to Find Out More Chapter 5. Interaction Diagrams Sequence Diagrams Collaboration Diagrams Comparing Sequence and Collaboration Diagrams When to Use Interaction Diagrams Chapter 6. Class Diagrams: Advanced Concepts Stereotypes Object Diagram Class Scope Operations and Attributes Multiple and Dynamic Classification Aggregation and Composition Derived Associations and Attributes Interfaces and Abstract Classes Reference Objects and Value Objects Collections for Multivalued Association Ends Frozen Classification and Generalization Qualified Associations Association Class Parameterized Class Visibility Chapter 7. Packages and Collaborations Packages Collaborations When to Use Package Diagrams and Collaborations Where to Find Out More Chapter 8. State Diagrams Concurrent State Diagrams When to Use State Diagrams Where to Find Out More Chapter 9. Activity Diagrams Decomposing an Activity Dynamic Concurrency Swimlanes When to Use Activity Diagrams Where to Find Out More Chapter 10. Physical Diagrams Deployment Diagrams Component Diagrams Combining Component and Deployment Diagrams When to Use Physical Diagrams Chapter 11. UML and Programming Patient Observation: Domain Model Patient Observation: Specification Model Moving to Code Appendix A. Techniques and Their Uses Appendix B. Changes between UML Versions Revisions to the UML Scheduled Future Revisions Changes in UML Distilled Changes from UML 1.0 to 1.1 Changes from UML 1.2 (and 1.1) to 1.3 (and 1.4) Appendix Bibliography Bibliography