Relationships
A relationship between two classes is a UML entity that represents the fact that the classes are somehow related to each other. Examples of relationships are:
association— class A is associated with class B.
aggregation— class A aggregates class B.
inheritance— class A inherits from class B.
realization— class A implements interface IB.
We will give examples of all these types of relationships shortly.
We can classify relationships in two general categories: has-a type of relationships (when we can say that an object of type A has an object of type B), and is-a relationships (when we can say that an object of type A is also of type B). Association and aggregation are has-a relationships. Inheritance and realization are is-a type ...
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