The Unified Modeling Language User Guide SECOND EDITION [Electronic resources] نسخه متنی

Organization and Special Features

The user guide is organized into seven parts:

• Part 1 Getting Started

• Part 2 Basic Structural Modeling

• Part 3 Advanced Structural Modeling

• Part 4 Basic Behavioral Modeling

• Part 5 Advanced Behavioral Modeling

• Part 6 Architectural Modeling

• Part 7 Wrapping Up

The user guide contains two appendices: a summary of the UML notation and a summary of the Rational Unified Process. A glossary of common terms is also provided. An index follows.

Each chapter addresses the use of a specific UML feature, and most are organized into the following four sections:

1. Getting Started

2. Terms and Concepts

3. Common Modeling Techniques

4. Hints and Tips

The third section introduces and then solves a set of common modeling problems. To make it easy for you to browse the guide in search of these use cases for the UML, each problem is identified by a distinct heading, as in the following example.

Modeling Architectural Patterns

Each chapter begins with a summary of the features it covers, as in the following example.

In this chapter

• Active objects, processes, and threads

• Modeling multiple flows of control

• Modeling interprocess communication

• Building thread-safe abstractions

Similarly, parenthetical comments and general guidance are set apart as notes, as in the following example.

Note

Abstract operations map to what C++ calls pure virtual operations; leaf operations in the UML map to C++ nonvirtual operations.

The UML is semantically rich. Therefore, a presentation about one feature may naturally involve another. In such cases, cross references are provided in the left margin, as on this page.

Blue highlights are used in figures to indicate explanations about a model, as opposed to the model itself, which is always shown in black. Code is distinguished by displaying it in a monospace font, as in this example.

Acknowledgement

The authors wish to thank Bruce Douglass, Per Krol, and Joaquin Miller for their assistance in reviewing the manuscript of the second edition.