UML User Guide - (English Version. 2nd Edition)

Author: Buch
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: After ten years, UML (Unified Modeling Language) has become the industry standard for visualizing, describing, constructing, and documenting artifacts of software-intensive systems. As the de facto standard modeling language, UML has strongly facilitated communication among project stakeholders, significantly reducing the likelihood of confusion. The UML 2.0 specification further expands the applicability and vitality of the UML language. Its rich expressive power allows users to model anything from enterprise information systems and distributed Web-based applications to real-time embedded systems. This book introduces the fundamentals of UML, including its terminology, rules, and language features, as well as how to use the language to solve complex modeling problems in various application domains. The book provides numerous examples, offering a practical, hands-on learning approach that helps readers quickly grasp the basic concepts, unique properties, and applications of UML. In the second edition, the comprehensive and in-depth, example-driven style of the first edition is maintained, while the content is thoroughly updated to align with the UML 2.0 specification. New additions include: A new chapter introducing components and internal structure, covering new techniques for constructing encapsulated designs. Updates and additions to the required interfaces, collaborations, and UML profiles. Updates and revisions to discussions on sequence diagrams, activity diagrams, and more. Additional changes introduced by the UML 2.0 specification.