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Use Case Diagrams & Sequence Diagrams: SE3A04 - Tutorial

This document discusses use case diagrams and sequence diagrams. It provides definitions and guidelines for constructing each type of diagram, including how to represent systems, actors, use cases, relationships, classes, messages, lifelines and more. Examples of a use case diagram for a university housing allocation system and a sequence diagram for making a phone call are presented.

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Use Case Diagrams & Sequence Diagrams: SE3A04 - Tutorial

This document discusses use case diagrams and sequence diagrams. It provides definitions and guidelines for constructing each type of diagram, including how to represent systems, actors, use cases, relationships, classes, messages, lifelines and more. Examples of a use case diagram for a university housing allocation system and a sequence diagram for making a phone call are presented.

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Outline

Use Case Diagrams


Sequence Diagrams
Questions

Use Case Diagrams & Sequence Diagrams


SE3A04 – Tutorial

Andrew LeClair

Department of Computing and Software


Faculty of Engineering
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Modified from slides by Jason Jaskolka
[email protected]

February 10/11, 2016

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Definition (Use Case Diagram)
Use case diagrams model the functionality of system using actors
and use cases.

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System

Draw your system’s boundaries using a rectangle that contains


use cases
Place actors outside the system’s boundaries

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Use Cases

Draw use cases using ovals


Label with ovals with verbs that represent the system’s
functions

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Actors

Actors are the users of a system


When one system is the actor of another system, label the
actor system with the «actor» stereotype

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Relationships

Illustrate relationships between an actor and a use case with a


simple line
For relationships among use cases, use arrows labeled either
«uses» (or «includes») or «extends»
A «uses» relationship indicates that one use case is needed
by another in order to perform a task
An «extends» relationship indicates alternative options under
a certain use case

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Relationships

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Example

Example
Draw a use case diagram to represent the following system.
Over the summer holiday, university students can book college
hall accommodation online. They must specify their name,
student number, course, year, and identify three college
residences as their preferences.
The system makes an allocation of students to rooms before
the start of the term, trying, where possible, to allocate
students to a room in one of their preferred halls.

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Definition (Sequence Diagram)
Sequence diagrams describe interactions among classes in terms
of an exchange of messages over time.

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Class Roles

Class roles describe the way an object will behave in context


Use the UML object symbol to illustrate class roles, but don’t
list object attributes

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Activation

Activation boxes represent the time an object needs to


complete a task

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Messages

Messages are arrows that represent communication between


objects
Use half-arrowed lines to represent asynchronous messages
Asynchronous messages are sent from an object that will
not wait for a response from the receiver before continuing its
tasks

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Lifelines

Lifelines are vertical dashed lines that indicate the object’s


presence over time

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Destroying Objects

Objects can be terminated early using an arrow labeled


«destroy» that points to an ×

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Loops

A repetition or loop within a sequence diagram is depicted as


a rectangle
Place the condition for exiting the loop at the bottom left
corner in square brackets [ ]

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Example

Example
Draw a sequence diagram representing the process of making a
phone call from a cell phone.
Hint*: The objects involved include the caller, the phone network,
the receiver of the phone call, and the cell phone accounting
department.

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Questions?

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