Applying UML and Patterns: An Introduction to Object-Oriented Analysis and Design and the Unified Process, Second Edition

38.1. General Notation

Stereotypes and Property Specifications with Tags

Stereotypes are used in the UML to classify an element (see Figure 38.1).

Figure 38.1. Stereotypes and properties.

Package Interfaces

A package can be illustrated as implementing an interface (see Figure 38.2).

Figure 38.2. Interface of a package.

Dependency

Dependencies can exist between any elements, but they are probably most often used in UML package diagrams to illustrate package dependencies (see Figure 38.3)

Figure 38.3. Dependencies.