UML 2 For Dummies

Chapter 1: What’s UML About, Alfie?

Table 1-1: UML 2 Diagrams and Some of Their Uses

Chapter 2: Following Best Practices

Table 2-1: Keep It Simple: Word Interpretations

Table 2-2: L Buzzwords and Their Interpretations

Chapter 3: Objects and Classes

Table 3-1: Sorting the Nouns (And Noun-Related Words)

Table 3-2: Refining Names to Be Good Class Names

Table 3-3: Parallel UML and Database Terms

Table 3-4: UML Multiplicities or How Many Do We Have

Table 3-5: Operation Naming

Table 3-6: Symbols for Modeling Visibility

Chapter 4: Relating Objects That Work Together

Table 4-1: Substitutes for Association-Name Arrowheads

Table 4-2: Multiplicity Symbols

Chapter 5: Including the Parts with the Whole

Table 5-1: Aggregation Versus Composition: Clues

Table 5-2: Attribute Correspondence to Composite Parts

Chapter 7: Organizing UML Class Diagrams and Packages

Table 7-1: Choosing a Diagram Approach

Chapter 8: Introducing Use-Case Diagrams

Table 8-1: Main Stakeholders

Chapter 10: Relating Use Cases to Each Other

Table 10-1: Documenting New Releases

Chapter 11: Introducing Functional Modeling

Table 11-1: Functional/Behavioral Modeling Techniques

Table 11-2: OCL Dot Operator

Chapter 12: Capturing Scenarios with Sequence Diagrams

Table 12-1: Operators in an Interaction Diagram

Chapter 14: Capturing How Objects Collaborate

Table 14-1: Mapping Communication Diagram Features to Class Design

Chapter 19: Deploying the System’s Components

Table 19-1: Systems Design Diagrams