UML Diagrams
UML Diagrams
UML Diagram
• A UML diagram is a diagram based on the UML (Unified
Modeling Language) with the purpose of visually representing
a system along with its main actors, roles, actions, artifacts or
classes, in order to better understand, alter, maintain, or
document information about the system.
• UML diagrams describe the boundary, structure, and the
behavior of the system and the objects within it. UML is not a
programming language but there are tools that can be used to
generate code in various languages using UML diagrams.
Order placement problem
• A Company has two types of customers,
corporate customers and personal customers.
All customers can place orders. Every order is
placed by a customer. Every order has a
unique order number and the order is
confirmed by the payment. Identify the
classes and their relationships.
Modeling
• Describing a system at a high level of
abstraction
– A model of the system
– Used for requirements and specifications
Name
Account_Name
- Customer_Name
Attributes
- Balance
+addFunds( ) Operations
+withDraw( )
+transfer( )
OO Relationships
Regular Loyalty
Customer Customer
Subtype1 Subtype2
or: Customer
- Generalization expresses a
parent/child relationship among related
classes.
- Used for abstracting details in several Regular Loyalty
layers Customer Customer
OO Relationships: Association
Apples Milk
•Aggregations may form "part of" the aggregate, but may not
be essential to it. They may also exist independent of the
aggregate.
e.g. Apples may exist independent of the bag.
Order placement problem-Class diagram
Association: Multiplicity and Roles
student
1 *
University Person
0..1 *
employer teacher
Role
Multiplicity
SymbolMeaning
1 One and only one Role
0..1 Zero or one “A given university groups many people; some
M..N From M to N (natural language)
act as students, others as teachers. A given
student belongs to a single university; a given
* From zero to any positive integer teacher may or may not be working for the
0..* From zero to any positive integer university at a particular time.”
1..* From one to any positive integer
More Example on Class Diagram
Name Order class
-dateReceived
Multiplicity: mandatory
Attributes -isPrepaid Customer
-number :String
-price : Money
* 1 -name
-address
+dispatch() Association +creditRating() : String()
Operations +close()
1
{if Order.customer.creditRating is Generalization
"poor", then Order.isPrepaid must
be true }
0..1
Multiplicity:
optional *
Employee
*
OrderLine
-quantity: Integer 1
-price: Money * Product
-isSatisfied: Boolean
Class Student {
Course enrolls[4];
}
Class Course {
Student have[];
}
Dia tool demo
How to install dia in linux
Where to get dia??
• Other Linux OS distributions
http://dia-installer.de/download/linux.html
• Windows OS
http://dia-installer.de/download/index.html
About dia
• It is a Open Source cross-platform diagramming
program. It is very powerful, easy to use, and free of
charge.
• Dia is a modeling tool application that can be used to
make a large variety of diagram
• The Dia has special shapes/objects to draw the
entity- relationship diagrams, UML diagrams,
flowcharts, network diagrams, and many other
diagrams.
Dia toolbar and Blank Canvas
How to create the class “Account” in
dia?
Account
accno:int
acctype:String
name:String
balance:float
deposit(a:int):void
withdraw(a:int):int
enquire():String
Choose the option “UML”
From the select box
Select the class from the tool bar and
Drag and drop it in to the canvas
Select “class”
Double click the compartment “Class”
Edit the class name as “Account”
Now choose the Tabbed button
“Attributes” to name the attribute
Press the button “New” to enable the
“Attribute data” fields and edit the
fields(name,type and visibility)
Now press the button “New” to add
more attributes and finally press “ok”
Similarly, choose the Tabbed button
“Operations” to add the operations
Press “New” to enable the parameter d
Adding parameters and type and press
ok
Use the same procedure to add other
methods
A sample showing the “Association”
Double click the
relationship association link
for setting the
properties
A sample showing the generalization
relationship
A sample showing the Aggregation
A sample using Dependency
Relationship between the classes
Further References
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXYjvLZbl
No
• http://dia-installer.de/doc/en/dia-manual.pdf
Case study-Railway Reservation
System
(Refer the file: Railwayreservation.dia)
Class diagram-Railway reservation system