Uml Distilled

This second edition provides updates to the UML and is the best resource for quick, no-nonsense explanations of using UML. The major strength is its short, concise presentation of the essentials of UML and where it fits within the software-development process.

Martin Fowler is a pioneer in the application of object technology to business information systems. For the past twelve years, he has consulted in the area of object technology with such companies as Citibank, Chrysler Corporation, IBM, Andersen Consulting, and Sterling Software. He is the author of the acclaimed Analysis Patterns: Reusable Object Models. Kendall Scott is a technical writer who specializes in writing about financial and accounting applications. He is the principal of Software Documentation Wizards. He is also the co-author (with Doug Rosenberg) of Use Case Driven Object Modeling with UML: A Practical Approach, which outlines an efficient, proven, and streamlined approach to software development.

Foreword

xiii

(2)

Preface

xv

(2)

Acknowledgments

xvii

Chapter 1: Introduction

1

(12)

What Is the UML?

1

(1)

How We Got Here

2

(3)

Notations and Meta-Models

5

(2)

Why Do Analysis and Design?

7

(3)

Learning OO

7

(2)

Communicating with Domain Experts

9

(1)

Understanding the Big Picture

10

(1)

Looking for More Information

10

(3)

Chapter 2: An Outline Development Process

13

(30)

Overview of the Process

14

(2)

Inception

16

(1)

Elaboration

16

(13)

Dealing with Requirements Risks

17

(5)

Dealing with Technological Risks

22

(1)

Dealing with Skills Risks

23

(2)

Dealing with Political Risks

25

(1)

Baseline Architecture

25

(1)

When Is Elaboration Finished?

26

(1)

Planning

26

(3)

Construction

29

(1)

Refactoring

30

(6)

When to Use Refactoring

32

(1)

Where to Find Out More

32

(1)

Iterative Development and Planning

33

(1)

Using the UML in Construction

33

(3)

Patterns

36

(4)

When to Use Patterns

39

(1)

Where to Find Out More

39

(1)

Transition

40

(1)

When to Use Iterative Development

41

(1)

Where to Find Out More

41

(2)

Chapter 3: Use Cases

43

(10)

User Goals and System Interactions

44

(1)

Use Case Diagrams

45

(6)

Actors

46

(2)

Uses and Extends

48

(3)

When to Use Use Cases

51

(1)

Where to Find Out More

51

(2)

Chapter 4: Class Diagrams: The Essentials

53

(22)

Perspectives

55

(1)

Associations

56

(7)

Attributes

63

(1)

Operations

63

(1)

CRC Cards

64

(4)

When to Use CRC Cards

66

(1)

Where to Find Out More

66

(2)

Generalization

68

(1)

Constraint Rules

69

(1)

Design by Contract

70

(3)

When to Use Design by Contract

72

(1)

Where to Find Out More

73

(1)

When to Use Class Diagrams

73

(1)

Where to Find Out More

74

(1)

Chapter 5: Class Diagrams: Advanced Concepts

75

(28)

Stereotypes

75

(2)

Multiple and Dynamic Classification

77

(3)

Aggregation and Composition

80

(2)

Derived Associations and Attributes

82

(3)

Interfaces and Abstract Classes

85

(3)

Reference Objects and Value Objects

88

(1)

Collections for Multi-Valued Roles

89

(1)

Immutability

90

(1)

Classification and Generalization

91

(1)

Qualified Associations

91

(2)

Association Class

93

(3)

Parameterized Class

96

(3)

Visibility

99

(4)

Chapter 6: Interaction Diagrams

103

(10)

Sequence Diagrams

104

(4)

Concurrent Processes and Activations

106

(2)

Collaboration Diagrams

108

(3)

Comparing Sequence and Collaboration Diagrams

111

(1)

Conditional Behavior

112

(1)

When to Use Interaction Diagrams

112

(1)

Where to Find Out More

112

(1)

Chapter 7: Package Diagrams

113

(8)

When to Use Package Diagrams

119

(1)

Where to Find Out More

120

(1)

Chapter 8: State Diagrams

121

(8)

Concurrent State Diagrams

126

(2)

When to Use State Diagrams

128

(1)

Where to Find Out More

128

(1)

Chapter 9: Activity Diagrams

129

(14)

Activity Diagrams for Use Cases

132

(6)

Swimlanes

138

(2)

Decomposing an Activity

140

(1)

When to Use Activity Diagrams

141

(1)

Where to Find Out More

142

(1)

Chapter 10: Deployment Diagrams

143

(4)

When to Use Deployment Diagrams

145

(2)

Chapter 11: UML and Programming

147

(20)

Patient Observation: Domain Model

148

(4)

Patient Observation: Specification Model

152

(3)

Moving to Code

155

(12)

Appendix: Techniques and Their Uses

167

(2)

Bibliography

169

(4)

Index

173

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