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5.class Diagram

The document discusses class diagrams and terms related to classes. It defines what a class is and describes the key components of a class including the name, attributes, operations, and stereotypes. It also discusses class names, attributes, and operations in more detail providing examples.

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5.class Diagram

The document discusses class diagrams and terms related to classes. It defines what a class is and describes the key components of a class including the name, attributes, operations, and stereotypes. It also discusses class names, attributes, and operations in more detail providing examples.

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Agenda

• Class Diagrams
– Introduction To Classes

1
Terms and Concepts
• A class is ...
– The most important building block of any object-oriented
system.
– A description of a set of objects that share the same attributes
and behaviors.
– A blueprint for creating an object.
– An abstraction (simplification) of reality.
– A representation of a software thing, a hardware thing, or even
a conceptual thing.
– Graphically represented as a rectangle.

2
Terms and Concepts
• All classes have …
– Names - Used to distinguish one class from another. A class
must have a name.
– Attributes - Member data.
– Operations (behaviors) - Member functions.
– Stereotypes - Documentation used to categorized class
members.
• Attributes and operations are the most important
features of a class definition.
• A class usually collaborate with other classes.

3
Terms and Concepts
• Class names are …
– Extracted from the problem domain (statement).
– Nouns or noun phrases.
– Concise and descriptive.
• Class attributes are …
– Usually nouns or noun phrases.
– Extracted or inferred from the problem statement.
– Used to represent properties of the enclosing class.
– Determine the state of an object.

4
Terms and Concepts
• Class operations (behaviors) are …
– Verbs or verb phrases.
– Inferred from the problem statement.
– Provide a requested service.

5
Class Names

The name of the class is the only required tag in the


ClassName graphical representation of a class. It always
appears in the top-most compartment.

attributes

operations
Class Attributes

Person

An attribute is a named property of a


name : String class that describes the object being modeled.
address : Address In the class diagram, attributes appear in
birthdate : Date the second compartment just below the
ssn : Id name-compartment.
Class Attributes (Cont’d)

Person

Attributes can be:


+ public
+ name : String
# protected
# address : Address
- private
# birthdate : Date
/ derived
/ age : Date
- ssn : Id
Class Operations

Person

name : String
address : Address
birthdate : Date
ssn : Id

Operations describe the class behavior


Eat () and appear in the third compartment.
Sleep ()
Work ()
Play ()
Class Operations (Cont’d)

PhoneBook

newEntry (n : Name, a : Address, p : PhoneNumber, d : Description)


getPhone ( n : Name, a : Address) : PhoneNumber

You can specify an operation by stating its signature: listing the name, type, and
default value of all parameters, and, in the case of functions, a return type.
A Class in Design has Greater Details in the
Three Parts of its Definition
Stereotype
Class Name <<entity>>
PATIENT
Initial Value
Attributes
- Sno : INT := 0;
- Name : CHAR;
Visibility - Address: CHAR; Attribute Type
(private)
- Date-of-birth: DATE
Operations / Signature
Methods
+ getName (): BOOL; including
+ getSerialNumber(): BOOL; Return Value
Visibility
+ changeAddress(): BOOL;
(public)
Parameter List
(place for)

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