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- Introduction
- 16.1 Applying UML: Common Class Diagram Notation
- 16.2 Definition: Design Class Diagram
- 16.3 Definition: Classifier
- 16.4 Ways to Show UML Attributes: Attribute Text and Association Lines
- 16.5 Note Symbols: Notes, Comments, Constraints, and Method Bodies
- 16.6 Operations and Methods
- 16.7 Keywords
- 16.8 Stereotypes, Profiles, and Tags
- 16.9 UML Properties and Property Strings
- 16.10 Generalization, Abstract Classes, Abstract Operations
- 16.11 Dependency
- 16.12 Interfaces
- 16.13 Composition Over Aggregation
- 16.14 Constraints
- 16.15 Qualified Association
- 16.16 Association Class
- 16.17 Singleton Classes
- 16.18 Template Classes and Interfaces
- 16.19 User-Defined Compartments
- 16.20 Active Class
- 16.21 Whats the Relationship Between Interaction and Class Diagrams?
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16.1 Applying UML: Common Class Diagram Notation
16.1 Applying UML: Common Class Diagram Notation
Much of the high-frequency class diagram notation can be summarized (and understood) in one figure:
Figure 16.1 Common UML class diagram notation.
Most elements in Figure 16.1 are optional (e.g., +/- visibility, parameters, compartments). Modelers draw, show or hide them depending on context and the needs of the reader or UML tool.
For example, this chapter summarizes UML association class notation, but doesn’t explain the OOA/D modeling context. Likewise with many of the notation elements.