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UML™ Bible
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UML™ Bible

by Tom Pender
June 2003
Intermediate to advanced
984 pages
25h 13m
English
Wiley
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APPENDIX B

UML 2.0 Notation Guide

Class Diagram Notation

The Class diagram notation is explained fully in Chapters 5 through 7.

Class notation

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Figure B-1: Class icon.

Attribute declaration

[visibility] [/] name [:type] [multiplicity] [‘=’default]
[‘{‘property-string’}’]

The optional underline defines a class-level attribute.

  • isDerived: The default value is false.
  • isReadOnly: The default value is false.

Operation declaration

[visibility] name ([parameter-list]) ‘:’ [return-result]
 [‘{‘property-string’}’]

The optional underline defines a class-level attribute.

Tagged value declaration

tagname ‘:’ value

Valid class presentations

Classes may be identified with a name and optional stereotype. The stereotype may be in text or icon form.

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Figure B-2: Four presentation alternatives for classes with stereotypes.

Interface class notation

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Figure B-3: Interface class notation.

Template class

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Figure B-4: Template class.

Parameter syntax

template-parameter ::= parameter-name [ ‘:’ parameter-kind][‘>’ constraint] [‘=’ default] parameter-kind ::= ‘class’ | ‘component’ | ‘type’ | ‘interface’ ...
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