Chapter 18. Component Hierarchy
Intent
Provide a mapping from top-level use cases describing the system behavior as a whole down to leaf elements in a containment hierarchy realizing the behavior.
Characteristics: Common. Advanced.
Keywords: Addition to existing flow, component, decomposition, encapsulation, subsystem.
Patterns
Component Hierarchy: Black-Box with Use Cases
Model
Description
The Component Hierarchy: Black-Box with Use Cases pattern consists of a top-level component containing an arbitrary number of use cases. These use cases state how the component is to be used and how it will act without revealing its internal structure. Each of the top-level ...
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