UML Views
There is no sharp line between the various concepts and constructs in UML, but, for convenience, we divide them into several views. A view is simply a subset of UML modeling constructs that represents one aspect of a system. The division into different views is somewhat arbitrary, but we hope it is intuitive. One or two kinds of diagrams provide a visual notation for the concepts in each view. The views used in this book are not part of the UML specification, but we use them as an aid to organizing and presenting the UML concepts.
At the top level, views can be divided into these areas: structural classification, dynamic behavior, physical layout, and model management.
Table 3-1 shows the UML views and the diagrams that display them, ...
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