Questions tagged [uml]
The Unified Modeling Language is the industry standard for modeling software-intensive systems.
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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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What is the difference between containment and aggregation relationship in UML?
As it is said in ARLOW, J., AND NEUSTADT, I. UML 2 and the Unified Process, 2nd ed book, there are 7 types of relationship between different objects.
Dependency
Association
Aggregation
Composition
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SyML/UML Activity diagram: how to model an OR gate
In a SyML/UML activity diagram, how do you implement an OR gate ?
There immediately came to mind to use a merge node. But does a merge node always have to come after a decision node?
Also, I have ...
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Can this simple Bank example be considered as a valid Abstract Factory?
For teaching purposes, I'm trying to replicate in a more faithful way from this conceptual UML (from wikipedia):
In a "so-so" real world example, in my case, families of Loans and Insurances:
So, ...
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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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Abstract Factory: Can Client Class have an aggregation with the Factory?
After searching for some Abstract Factory examples using modern programming languages, I have some dillemas about the sensu lato of conceptual UML schema of Abstract, more specificly about the Client (...
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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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Use Case Diagram for video renting
I have the following use case about a video rental store which has the following actors:
Member (Gold, Ordinal)
Assistant
Supplier
Clerk
The system is a desktop application for renting and reserving ...
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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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How to write UI in sequence diagram?
So i want to make a sequence diagram for login .. the first step is user access my website then the system redirect to login Form, then he insert username and password than the system validate it , if ...
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How to show relationships of the component containing the interface definition when using ball/socket notation in a UML Component Diagram?
I recently found out that I have probably been using ball/socket notation in a wrong way all the time. Now I am confused by the different ways of drawing interface relationships in two regards (I ...
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Sequence diagram: explicitly show websocket creation?
I am trying to draw up a sequence diagram to show how my web client will interact with my backend over a websocket connection.
I am using a websocket middleware to manage the stream connections.
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UML Partitioning Decision Nodes
I am attempting to partition a decision node based on environment attributes. The process I am modeling is slightly different depending if a variable scope is public or private.
I am trying to ...
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Is there a UML diagram for functional programming?
For modelling software implemented with the imperative or procedural programming paradigm we have Flowcharts, process diagrams, etc.
For object oriented we have UML class diagrams, object diagrams, ...
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Primary and secondary actors in use case
We know that the primary actor is the one that initiates a use case and a secondary actor is the one that helps completion of the use case through his specific support. The Primary actor is usually ...
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Fork and Join in Activity Diagram
Consider the following Activity Diagram :
First of all the activity a22 is confusing me through this configuration .If we need to list all the possible activity sequences that can take place in this ...
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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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Edit and extract the response of a system from its State machine diagram
Consider the following state machine diagram:
If we have the following event sequence :
Close door --> Start --> Open door --> Reset
and we need to know the corresponding response ...
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Association between actors in use case
consider in a supermarket system , there is two actors : Customer and Clerk. To create the order , the customer interacts with the clerk and the clerk creates the order in the system. So my question ...
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In an UML 2.5 State Machine, how can I model sending a Signal as an effect on a transition in a convenient way?
In an UML 2.5 State Machine, how can I model sending a Signal as an effect on a transition in a convenient way?
In one of the older UML versions you simply prefixed the name of the signal with a send ...
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Why is a <<create>> message asynchronous in UML sequence diagrams?
As far I as I could tell, the proper way to show an object creation in a sequence diagram is with an asynchronous arrow, e.g.,
However, in Java (and other OO languages I have used), as far as I know, ...
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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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Does it make sense for a package to depend on, e.g. import, its nested packages?
I think depending on nested packages is wrong, because the nested packages are always going to depend on the parent —aren't they?– and this can lead to cyclic dependency issues.
When I look at how ...
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Should exceptions be in the UML sequence diagram?
It the exceptions thrown in case of error are represented in the UML sequence diagram, would it make the UML sequence diagram too heavy?
If they are not represented, how to tell about them?
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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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What is the difference of swimlane and activity diagram?
Im trying to make an activity diagram , but i see that activity and swimlane diagram is almost the same, the only difference i see that swimlane diagram include many actor in it
i wonder about the ...
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Drawing UML activity diagram for Statistics feature
I need to draw a UML Activity diagram for a school java software engineering project I’m required to do. I’m quite new to this and I’m not sure what should be shown and what should not be shown. For ...
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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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Using UML State Machine for blockchain smart contract implementation
This is a conceptual question about applying UML State Machine model for smart contracts in blockchain.
I want to develop a smart contract framework in a bitcoin-like blockchain which is based on the ...
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How to model data flow between components in UML
I am trying to model a robot controller I am working on. If I would think in Object-oriented design, I would come up with a component diagram like this :
However, we use a data-oriented framework (...
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How to show relationship between member and the interface it implements in UML
I am building a class diagram where "Interface A" is implemented by a member of "Class B".
I don't know if I should even be drawing a relationship between these or if I should, what would the line ...
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Can we put a same usecase more than twice in 1 usecase diagram [closed]
There will be 4 roles, with 3 roles having a same use-case that is called view campaign and a use-case view segment.
Can we put a same use-case more than one time in the same use case diagram?
The ...
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initial and final state in activity diagram
As we know , initial state is the initial state of the system before the activity begins and the final state is the final state of the system when the activity ends. But what exactly is the initial ...
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When should i use an abstract class vs an interface? [duplicate]
I'm fairly new to programming. At school I am currently learning to program with Java. I want to build an application where i can store my collection of books, records, boardgames and such. Started ...
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Is it allowed to calculate the derived attributes by using other tables' attributes directly?
I tried to build a database for Driver Booking system. Here's brief details:
Drivers have several vehicles and they offers the driving service with them
Drivers will charge different hourly rates on ...
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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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Given an software example in MDE, would not the model always be a UML model?
I have just started learning about model-driven engineering.
But I have a hard time to grasp the different model levels, given software example. Would not the model always be represented in a UML ...
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How can I represent a Use Case Table Diagram when I have two user types capable of initiating it?
I have two users in my program, one's a Programmer and the other's an Administrator. The Administrator is capable of doing everything the Programmer can do, but also has some additional roles (such as ...
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How to show UML component load/discovery and realization relationships
In a UML component diagram I want to show two components (among others). One is the core component that loads contents (classes) from the other. It's much like a testframework loading unit tests/test ...
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Object and actors in sequence diagram [duplicate]
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Can an actor "talk" directly with an object of the system in a sequence?
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For an homework I need to model a "tracking service" for some shipping company.
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Handle alternative frame in sequence diagram
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When an alt frame is used in a sequence diagram, and one of the two possibility end the sequence, how is "legal" to continue?
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I need to represent a sequence in wich there are user ...
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Coherence between sequence diagram and class diagram
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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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How to model system use cases realized by sub systems?
I found this question about sub systems & UseCases, just I lack understanding / mapping to my specific situation.
I want to model which sub component fulfills which UseCase realized by my system ...
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Tie together functional and physical architecture with UML2
I am new to UML and I have a best practices question. I would like to model separately:
logical architecture: logically interconnected software components;
physical architecture: physical ...
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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.
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What's the use case of the combined fragment “strict”?
As far as I understood, synchronous messages will be handled one after another.
Then we have the interaction operator for combined fragments called "strict" which states, that the operands inside the ...
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Actor in Use Case diagram
I am learning about Use Case diagrams and UML. In a Use Case can actors be an external 3rd party system?
For example, in an ATM a user is an actor, but the SWIFT network system it communicates with ...
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Is my use case UML diagram too complicated?
The user of my app has access to two tools within my app. Each tool is comprised of multiple tables that the user has to fill with information.
The app is more complex but that's roughly what's it's ...
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Object Instance Diagram - What can be modeled?
According to my professor, one of the following relationships cannot be modeled in an object instance diagram:
Association
Composition
Generalization
I made the argument that the association could ...
