Questions tagged [class-diagram]
A class diagram describes the structure of a system by showing the system's classes, their attributes, operations (or methods), and the relationships among the classes.
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Designing a class implementing a method which signature types depends on the instance contained
My goal is to define a Service class which process method accepts a RequestType argument that is defined by the contained ServiceType and returns an object of a type defined by ServiceType. By doing ...
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Achieving loose coupling
My scenario involves the following classes:
I have three types of Peer that creates a RegistryType instance because its methods are needed. Same for Identity class. Each PeerType need 0 or all the ...
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Model design for `Team`s and `Member`s
Say we have to create a model for a company, where employees can be part of many different teams.
A team can have member members.
Members can be part of many teams.
How to design database tables for ...
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How to model relations in UML Class and Object diagram for simple Graph structure
I'm trying to model a simple Graph structure as an UML Class Diagram and Object Diagram. A Graph can have multiple Nodes and knows it's starting Node. Every Node has a predecessor and a successor Node....
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How to design correctly relationships of class diagrams?
I'm learning OOP so I decided to start a new project, a chess tournament manager.
Here you can read about chess tournaments https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_tournament
Basically the user will be ...
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UML: what is the correct order of steps?
I was reading an old text book "Beginning C# Object oriented programming" from 2011. The author in one case employs the "use case" to identify classes and then goes to draw a class ...
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Inheritance and association relationships in UML
I was creating a class model using inheritance, and have a situation I don't know how to represent.
For this question I built an example diagram in which I have a class Person with some attributes.
I ...
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How important is abstraction in a class diagram?
Could someone please elaborate on what exactly abstraction is and why do we need it in a class diagram, trying to model the problem domain? I have read many articles from various websites and academic ...
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Class diagram of an Hotel Management System
I am given the following system description :
Consider a hotel
management system to manage a group of 5-stars hotels. If this system is modelled using OOP methodology, and the classes are identified ...
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Could you help me understand what a problem domain is and how can I build my class diagram based on it?
So I just started studying Software Engineering because I am really interested in it and my professor in London asked us to create an app which is like Instagram (only theoretically, without the ...
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UML v2.5.1 correct notation of blanks in operations (methods)?
In the UML specification 2.5.1 (Link) on page 117 it is specified that the notation of operations (methods) should look like the following:
[<visibility>] <name> ‘(‘ [<parameter-list>...
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Modelling java annotations in an UML class diagram
Goal:
I am trying to create a UML class diagram for a java spring application.
Spring uses a lot of annotations and I couldn't find any resources online on how to properly model them in UML.
I know ...
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(UML) Can parameter variables be omitted in a lengthy constructor?
I have the following constructor in a class for a code I'm writing an assignment on for school:
public Plant(int xPos, int yPos,int width,int height, int hp,String imageLocation,String audioLocation,...
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How to represent hierarchy in a use case diagram
I need to finish a task in my homework. I need to include a use case diagram. I have the following situation I have a master, admin, manager, seller and attendant users. It is like this, master is the ...
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Can I make a separate use case and class diagram for each module?
I'm working on a project with 5 different modules. Should I make separate use case diagrams and class diagrams for each module or should I make all-in-one use case diagram and all-in-one class diagram?...
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Use Case Diagram for Vending machine
I want to create a use case diagram for a vending machine which has the following states:
Accepts coins of 1,5,10,25 Cents
Allow user to select products Coke(25), Pepsi(35), Soda(45)
Allow user to ...
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Consider as a single class or attribute/operation of existing class?
There are different methods for recognizing classes in UP methodology:
noun/verb analysis
using CRC analysis
using RUP stereotypes
other sources
I have read above methods fully detailed in UML 2 and ...
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Find design issues via a class diagram? [duplicate]
Given a class diagram , how can we find design issues in it. I am not talking about the relationships it should be representing as they exist in the real world but i am talking about design issues ...
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How to find design defects by using a class diagram? [closed]
What are the design defects that can be spotted by using a class diagram, and how?
I am not concerned about syntactical/ representational defects, but in things like the following:
Do the classes/...
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Class diagram for permissions
I have this class diagram exercise in UML. The main problem was the permissions are the works, which I did not know very well how to model it. The specification says:
Users can publish their work ...
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How to visualise multiple similar classes in an UML class diagram?
My question is about an "edge case" of the UML class diagram. In particular, I have loads (about 30) classes that implement an interface. They can be split into two groups of similar classes. Within ...
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Class-diagram dependencies between classes
Can requirements be expressed in class-diagrams?
For example:
A student can enroll in a class.
There are different classes.
Some classes have dependencies, e.g. you can't go to Spanish III before ...
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Combined Inheritance and Composition
Let's say you have a wireless network that acts as a bridge/wireless repeater. How would both factor into a class diagram? In my mind it makes senses to have a parent object that can exist on its own. ...
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How can I provide a class diagram for a system that contains creation of an object that contains a combination of property?
I am designing a system that contains organizational hierarchy management. There are four roles in the system which are the user, admin, manager and head of procurement:
I am trying to let the ...
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Where to put the server in my Messaging System UML diagram?
I try to design a client application for a messaging application. The client can send and receive messages, the client can connect/disconnect.
My problem is that I don't know how to incorporate the ...
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CK Metrics - Lower Complexity by Refactoring
I'm suppose to identify 3 CK metrics and the most appropriate class to refactor so as to increase encapsulation, modularity and reduce the complexity of the following project
According to my ...
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What is the difference between a qualified association and an association class and how to choose between them?
In UML 2.0, there are two ways of representing an association between classes which I can't seem to distinguish between.
First of all, there is the qualified association, represented as such:
You ...
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Needs to understand the difference between boundary, controller, logical class types
As the title implies I am trying to understand the difference between boundary, controller and logical class types, which are used in the MVC pattern.
I will do so using an example. Please consider ...
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UML aggregation: how can the “whole” exist without its “parts”?
I understand aggregation is a "whole/part" relationship, where the "parent" class is the whole and the "child" class is the part (and this is unidirectional), and that each class exist independently (...
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Simple Poker Simulation - How to design it well
I trying to create a little poker Texas Holdem simulator ..
In my solution have some class :
Premise : I know about Fisher Yates algorithm.
I will implement it later
Keep in mind that the next ...
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How to improve this class diagram of a system with its components
So I was given a task of making a class diagram for a bicycle. I know what a class diagram is and the concepts behind one.
The requirement is that the bike can brake, turn or speed up. Now to me, a ...
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Is it possible to omit things in the class diagram [closed]
I'm writing documentation for a school java project I'm working on. Basically have chunked most of the methods into the class diagram, but now it seems very unreadable on a pdf as the words are too ...
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is my UML use case and class diagram correct? [closed]
So I am very new to creating design diagrams. I have a scenario where a user who is an admin of pizza hut selects registration option and the system prompts them to enter customer details.
Upon ...
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Navigation in Class Diagram
I know that associations in class diagram can be bi-directional or directional. We refer to this as navigability. I am not sure to fully understand what it means.
Please consider the following ...
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Coherence between sequence diagram and class diagram
Question 1
All participants in a sequence diagram must match a class in class diagram?
Question 2
All class that represents some object that is created by the system needs a class that creates it?
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Modelling 2 composition relationships between 2 XML elements using UML
I want to model an XML schema that has the following composition relationships:
A can contain B, and in another case B can contain A.
Using a bi-directional composition is not an option here as it is ...
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Class Diagram Alternative for Qualified Association
I am using PlantUML and it unfortunately does not support qualifiers on a class. I simply want to show in PlantUML that a Task has a qualified association to User through the Task.userID property.
A ...
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Diagram to show how one object “becomes” another?
I am working in a purchasing system where we take calls:
public class Call
{
public List<CallItem> CallItems { get; set; }
}
The calls can be turned into quotes, where call items become ...
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Do I really need to build a class diagram AND a component diagram? [closed]
I'm modeling a system while improving my knowledge of software engineering. I am building a class diagram and a component diagram, but notice that when I tweak one, I have to alter the other. Also, I ...
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Relating subclasses of two classes
Suppose I have the following problem:
I have Users who work in Departments. A user can work in multiple departments and a department can have multiple users. Each departament gives to its users only ...
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UML class diagrams - how do I draw a class diagram that shows a self-reference? [closed]
So I have the following case. I have an interface A and an implementation AImpl. Now I have another implementation of A, called A2Impl, which references any instance of A besides implementing A ...
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What to do with data types with lots of connections in a UML class diagram
I have a Pose data type, consisting of x, y, and rotation values.
This being a robotics application, the Pose data type is used in about a dozen places throughout the application. Connecting all ...
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Class diagram for electric guitar and bass
Hi I was recently asked this in an interview to represent a 6 string guitar and a 4 string bass in class structure. I am still new to software design and analysis so was not able to complete the ...
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Ternary association VS association class
I was wondering, are these 2 class diagrams equivalent EXCEPT the fact that in diagram A, a student doesn't have to have a study program?
The way I see it - for example in diagram B a study program ...
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What are the differences and connections between UML Profile diagram & UML Class diagrams
I am doing research for developing a software platform and I have created some class diagrams for the platform. My supervisor adviced me to use UML profiles as well to describe the platform in a more ...
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In a Conceptual class diagram, should Abstract Classes and arrowed lines be utilised?
Since we are just describing the problem domain rather than showing how the actual software will be designed, does that mean that we should not need abstract classes to show inheritance and arrowed ...
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How to model an association class in a UML class diagram where only one of the class has access to it?
Given this scenario: "Clinicians can record their own notes for each patient, viewable only by them." I would model it like this:
Clinician ----> Patient
and "Notes" as an association class ...
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Usage of composition relationship between two class in UML
I'm having quite a difficulty with what i think would suit a Patient class and a Record class in UML
Basically the Record class stores the patient's information such as name, vitals, gender, age and ...
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How to model scenarios in UML class diagram?
I'm doing a conceptual class diagram for an app that lets:
Clinicians view the patient's lab results and their calculated Reynolds Risk Score.
Clinicians make changes to one or more of the patient’s ...
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Ordered vs sequence in association in UML
I am trying to understand UML class diagrams.
Imagine two classes that are related with each other by association. What is the difference between {ordered} and {sequence} for the association?
