Visual Modeling with IBM Rational Software Architect and UML

by Quatrani, Terry; Palistrant, Jim

• ISBN13: 9780321238085
• ISBN10: 0321238087
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-05-26
• Publisher: IBM Press

Summary

"Terry's style is always direct, approachable, and pragmatic. Abstraction is hard, and visualizing abstractions is as well, but here she'll guide you in doing both using Rational Software Architect." -From the Foreword by Grady Booch, IBM Fellow Master UML 2.0 Visual Modeling with IBM Rational Software Architect Using IBM Rational Software Architect, you can unify all aspects of software design and development. It allows you to exploit new modeling language technology to architect systems more effectively and develop them more productively. Now, two of IBM's leading experts have written the definitive, start-to-finish guide to UML 2-based visual modeling with Rational Software Architect. You'll learn hands-on, using a simplified case study that's already helped thousands of professionals master analysis, design, and implementation with IBM Rational technologies. Renowned UML expert Terry Quatrani and J2EE/SOA evangelist Jim Palistrant walk you through visualizing all facets of system architecture at every stage of the project lifecycle. Whether you're an architect, developer, or project manager, you'll discover how to leverage IBM Rational's latest innovations to optimize any project. Coverage includes bull; bull;Making the most of model-driven development with Rational Software Architect's integrated design and development tools bull;Understanding visual modeling: goals, techniques, language, and processes bull;Beginning any visual modeling project: sound principles and best practices bull;Capturing and documenting functional requirements with use case models bull;Creating analysis models that begin to reveal your optimal system implementation bull;Building design models that abstract your implementation model and source code bull;Using implementation models to represent your system's physical composition, from subsystems to executables and data bull;Transforming these models to actual running code The IBM Press developerWorksreg; Series is a unique undertaking in which print books and the Web are mutually supportive. The publications in this series are complemented by resources on the developerWorks Web site on ibm.com. Icons throughout the book alert the reader to these valuable resources.

Author Biography

Terry Quatrani, IBM Rational’s UML Evangelist, is responsible for training and transitioning Fortune 500 companies to object technology and for preaching the visual modeling gospel of Grady Booch, Jim Rumbaugh, and Ivar Jacobson. She has spent twenty-one years developing and deploying large software systems. Formerly at GE, she was founding consultant for the Lockheed Martin Advanced Concepts Center.

Jim Palistrant, IBM Rational’s J2EE and SOA Evangelist, educates customers and the IBM field force about J2EE and SOA concepts and tools. A frequent speaker at technical conferences worldwide, he has worked with Java, J2EE, and Web technology since 1995.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xv
Preface	xvii
About the Authors	xxiii
Introduction to Visual Modeling	1	(14)
The Triangle for Success	4	(1)
The Role of Notation	5	(1)
History of the UML	5	(3)
The Role of Process	8	(1)
What Is Iterative and Incremental Development?	8	(1)
The Rational Unified Process	9	(3)
Rational Software Architect	12	(1)
Summary	13	(1)
developerWorks Links	14	(1)
Beginning a Project	15	(6)
Defining the Right Project	17	(1)
Eastern State University (ESU) Background	18	(1)
Risks for the Course Registration Problem	19	(1)
ESU Course Registration Problem Statement	19	(1)
Summary	20	(1)
The Use Case Model	21	(40)
System Behavior	23	(4)
Actors	27	(4)
Use Cases	31	(12)
Use Case Diagrams	43	(7)
Activity Diagrams	50	(7)
Summary	57	(1)
developerWorks Links	58	(3)
The Analysis Model	61	(34)
Creating an Analysis Model	63	(1)
Analysis Model Template	64	(2)
Use Case Realizations	66	(9)
Documenting Classes	75	(5)
Distributing Behavior	80	(1)
Sequence Diagrams	81	(6)
View of Participating Classes	87	(5)
Summary	92	(1)
developerWorks Links	93	(2)
The Design Model	95	(32)
Design Model	97	(4)
Design Elements	101	(4)
Identifying Design Elements from Analysis Classes	105	(4)
Class Diagrams	109	(11)
User Interfaces	120	(5)
Summary	125	(1)
developerWorks Links	125	(2)
Implementation Model	127	(36)
Persistence Choices	129	(2)
Service Data Objects	131	(3)
User Interface Choices	134	(2)
JavaServer Faces	136	(1)
Tying It Together	137	(24)
Summary	161	(1)
developerWorks Links	161	(2)
Appendix A UML Metamodel	163	(6)
UML Definition Documents	165	(1)
Specification Document Structure	165	(1)
Metamodel Structure	166	(3)
Appendix B Notation Summary	169	(14)
Index	183