Unified Modeling Language Reference Manual, The, Second Edition
by James Rumbaugh, Ivar Jacobson, Grady Booch
class diagram
A class diagram is a graphic presentation of the static view that shows a collection of declarative (static) model elements, such as classes, types, and their contents and relationships. A class diagram may show a view of a package and may contain symbols for nested packages. A class diagram contains certain reified behavioral elements, such as operations, but their dynamics are expressed in other diagrams, such as statechart diagrams and communication diagrams.
See also classifier, object diagram.
Notation
A class diagram shows a graphic presentation of the static view. Usually several class diagrams are required to show an entire static view. Individual class diagrams do not necessarily indicate divisions in the underlying model, ...
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