100% UML Bible: 100%

Author: Pan De
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: UML (Unified Modeling Language) is a general-purpose visual modeling language that originated from the research findings of three renowned methodologists in the field of object-oriented: Jacobson, Rumbaugh, and Booch. Later, OMG (Object Management Group) adopted it as an industry standard, establishing a unified modeling language for the software industry. As a modeling language, UML's definition consists of two parts: UML Semantics and UML Notation. UML Semantics describes the precise meta-model definition based on UML. The meta-model provides simple, consistent, and universal definitions for all UML elements in terms of syntax and semantics, thereby avoiding subjective explanations from modelers. UML Notation specifies UML symbols, offering a standard representation method for modeling professionals and tool developers. The design goal of UML is to extract the essence of the best practices in software development. To achieve this, it provides a variety of diagrams that can be used to analyze various requirements, refine design details, and ultimately define and create systems. This book is based on UML 1.4 and UML 2.0, introducing all aspects of UML, which is organized into 7 parts. It elaborates on the definition, development, structural framework, diagrams, extension mechanisms, and basic concepts of object-oriented in UML. It explains class diagrams, object diagrams, composition structure diagrams, and the structure and usage of collaboration diagrams, using various interaction diagrams to simulate the communication between objects during application runtime and the state changes of objects throughout their lifecycle. From a user's perspective, it explains how UML use case diagrams simulate system behavior and how activity diagrams simulate behavior at any abstraction level from workflows to method implementation. It also covers the application of component diagrams and deployment diagrams in simulating implementation environments, as well as the syntax and semantics of rules and behaviors required for implementation. Finally, it introduces popular modeling tools and their performance. The book is well-structured, provides in-depth and detailed explanations, and uses rich, accurate examples to enhance readers' understanding and mastery of the corresponding technologies. This book is suitable for project managers, experienced modelers, programmers, beginners in object-oriented modeling, and those evaluating modeling. It can serve as both a tutorial on UML and a reference manual.