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.
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