Glossary

abstract

An element that cannot be instantiated.

actor

An element in the use-case model that represents something external to a system. It can represent the role a user plays with respect to the system. It can also represent an external system or an external device.

advice (AOP)

An extension to an existing method.

analysis

The refinement of use cases to promote a better understanding of requirements and at the same time establish a platform-independent structure for the system. Analysis packages contain analysis classes, which can be boundary, control, or entity classes. Analysis use-case slices contain aspects as well.

analysis model

An abstraction of the system from a platform-independent perspective. It contains the results of analysis.

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