Appendix A
UML Notation
A overview of the UML is discussed in Chapter 2.
The UML is a language for visualizing, specifying, constructing, and documenting the artifacts of a software-intensive system. As a language, the UML has a well-defined syntax and semantics. The most visible part of the UML’s syntax is its graphical notation.
This appendix summarizes the elements of the UML notation.
Things
Structural Things
Structural things are the nouns of UML models. These include classes, interfaces, collaborations, use cases, active classes, components, and nodes.
Behavioral Things
Behavioral things are the dynamic parts of UML models. These ...
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