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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?
This chapter is from the book
16.2 Definition: Design Class Diagram
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
16.2 Definition: Design Class Diagram
As we’ve explored, the same UML diagram can be used in multiple perspectives (Figure 16.2). In a conceptual perspective the class diagram can be used to visualize a domain model. For discussion, we also need a unique term to clarify when the class diagram is used in a software or design perspective. A common modeling term for this purpose is design class diagram (DCD), which I’ll use regularly in later chapters. In the UP, the set of all DCDs form part of the Design Model. Other parts of the Design Model include UML interaction and package diagrams.
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Figure 16.2 UML class diagrams in two perspectives.