Developing Software with UML : Object-Oriented Analysis and Design in Practice

by Oestereich, Bernd

• ISBN13: 9780201756036
• ISBN10: 020175603X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional

Summary

Practical guide to exploiting the power of Object Technology & UML in your software development process.

Author Biography

Bernd Oestereich has over ten years' experience in object-oriented software engineering and has worked as a software analyst, software designer, programmer, coach, instructor and project leader. The author of several books, articles and seminars, he is a sought-after conference speaker and an active member of various working groups on object technology. Bernd founded his own company in 1998

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Object-oriented Software Development	p. 2
History of Object-orientation	p. 3
OOAD in Practice	p. 8
Holistic Approach	p. 11
Object-orientation for Beginners	p. 17
Object-orientation for Beginners	p. 18
Classes, Objects, Instances	p. 19
Attributes, Operations, Constraints, Relationships	p. 20
Object Identity	p. 22
Responsibilities	p. 24
Taxonomy and Inheritance	p. 25
Abstract Classes	p. 34
Associations	p. 35
Aggregations	p. 35
Message Exchange	p. 39
Collections	p. 42
Polymorphism	p. 44
Persistence	p. 47
Classification of Classes	p. 50
Design Patterns	p. 56
Components	p. 58
Analysis	p. 63
Introduction	p. 64
Developing the System Idea and Objective	p. 64
Identifying Stakeholders	p. 65
Identifying Business Processes	p. 68
Identifying Stakeholders' Interests	p. 70
Identifying Business Use Cases	p. 72
Describing the Essence of Use Cases	p. 76
Identifying System Use Cases	p. 82
Collecting and Studying Materials	p. 87
Describing the Requirements	p. 89
Identifying Business Classes	p. 92
Creating a Technical Dictionary	p. 94
Developing a Use Case Process Model	p. 99
Describing the System Interface	p. 104
Explorative Interface Prototyping	p. 108
Design	p. 113
Defining the Application Architecture	p. 114
Identifying Domain Components	p. 118
Developing Component-specific Class Models	p. 120
(Further) Developing State Models	p. 123
Identifying and, if Necessary, Restructuring Component Dependencies	p. 125
Designing Component Interfaces	p. 127
Developing Collaboration Models	p. 129
Developing Process-oriented Component Tests	p. 132
Developing Class Tests	p. 135
Defining Attributes	p. 138
Specifying Dialogs	p. 142
Discussion of Design	p. 145
UML Fundamentals	p. 157
Introduction	p. 158
Types of Diagrams	p. 160
Use Case Diagrams	p. 161
Class Diagrams (Basic Elements)	p. 172
Class Diagrams (Relational Elements)	p. 219
Behavioral Diagrams	p. 250
Implementation Diagrams	p. 272
Appendices	p. 275
Glossary	p. 277
References	p. 289
Index	p. 293
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Excerpts

To which class of reader do you belong? l You leave unimportant details to others because you have enough to do. You do not intend to carry out object-oriented analysis or implementation yourself, but you are interested in modern technology and are potentially involved in decision-making on its practical employment. l You know how software is developed because of your many years of practical experience. From your point of view, object-orientation has reached a degree of maturity, so you feel that you should devote more time to this subject. You would like to have a practice-oriented introduction. l Object-orientation (OO) is an established technique in your repertoire. You have been interested in this subject for some time and probably have experience with implementation of object-oriented programs. Your interests lean towards analysis and design, and the latest developments in the area of object-oriented methodology and notation. l You are interested in software development and have gathered some experience in the field. You have a basic knowledge of the concepts of object-oriented methodology, but feel you need a comprehensive and systematic introduction to the subject. Dear reader Starting point Do you still have time to dedicate yourself to several hundreds of pages of technical papers? Do you still read a book from cover to cover? As someone who has suffered enough from the burden of heavy books, I have tried to provide you with a not too bulky, practice-oriented, and easily readable book. Structure The book has a modular structure -- the individual sections are didactically self-supporting and linked to each other by cross-references (direct page Ways of reading specifications). Thus, you have the option of reading from beginning to end, crosswise or hopping from point to point. A streamlined way of familiarizing yourself with the subject is to read through the chaptersAnalysisandDesignand to follow the cross-references where needed, to look up and delve deeper into individual subjects in the Fundamentals section. This book provides you with a digest presentation, but with all-important information on the Unified Modeling Language (UML 1.4), whose notation and semantics are the current standard in object-oriented modeling. Despite this, the present book is above all an introduction to object-oriented analysis and object-oriented design. Presentation of the UML fundamentals takes place in the context of general problems and discussions about object-oriented software development. To further ease entry into the subject, the UML metamodel is not included in the discussion. Special elements, and elements less relevant in practice, are marked as "UML advanced" and, where necessary, critically presented. The use case-driven, architecture-centered, and evolutionary development method underpinning this book is centered on the development of socially embedded corporate information systems, but it is also well suited for technical and other application domains. Acknowledgments For their help with this book, I would like to thank all my friends and colleagues, in particular the people listed on the imprint. Furthermore, I would like to thank the readers of the previous editions and the participants in my seminars for their suggestions and critical remarks. Bernd Oestereich 020175603XP04152002