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Applying Use Case Driven Object Modeling with UML: An Annotated e-Commerce Example
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Applying Use Case Driven Object Modeling with UML: An Annotated e-Commerce Example

by Doug Rosenberg, Kendall Scott
June 2001
Intermediate to advanced
176 pages
3h 12m
English
Addison-Wesley Professional
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Chapter 2. Domain Modeling

Domain modeling forms the foundation of the static part of our UML model. When we build a domain model, we start off by trying to identify abstractions in the real world—that is, the main conceptual objects that are going to participate in this system. When you design object-oriented software, you try to structure your software around these real-world, problem space objects. The theory behind this is that the real world changes less frequently than the software requirements. The basis for our whole object modeling activity, particularly the static modeling part of the activity, is a model of these problem domain abstractions.

You may be wondering why this chapter precedes a discussion of use cases in a book called Applying ...

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