UML for Database Design

The Concepts

The following UML, object-oriented, and other concepts are cited in this chapter. For a more complete discussion and more rigorous definitions of UML concepts, refer to Booch et al. [1999].

Statechart ”   a diagram that shows the dynamic behavior of a class

Control class ”   an active class that controls the behavior of one or more other classes

Passive class ”   a class that is not active and does not embody any control of the system