UML in Practice

Pascal Roques is a senior trainer and consultant running courses on UML. He has led training in modeling techniques and tools at Verilog (now Telelogic) and since 1995 at Valtech.

• Foreword ixIntroduction xiAcknowledgements xvPART 1 FUNCTIONAL VIEW 11 Case study: automatic teller machine 31.1 Step 1 – Identifying the actors of the ATM 51.2 Step 2 – Identifying use cases 81.3 Step 3 – Creating use case diagrams 101.4 Step 4 – Textual description of use cases 141.5 Step 5 – Graphical description of use cases 201.6 Step 6 – Organising the use cases 262 Complementary exercises 372.1 Step 1 – Business modelling 532.2 Step 2 – Defining system requirements 57Appendix A: Glossary & tips 65PART 2 STATIC VIEW 713 Case study: flight booking system 733.1 753.2 Step 2 – Modelling sentences 6, 7 and 10 773.3 Step 3 – Modelling sentences 8 and 9 823.4 Step 4 – Modelling sentences 3, 4 and 5 863.5 Step 5 – Adding attributes, constraints and qualifiers 893.6 Step 6 – Using analysis patterns 943.7 Step 7 – Structuring into packages 983.8 Step 8 – Generalisation and re-use 1054 Complementary exercises 113Appendix B: Glossary & tips 149Step 1– Modelling sentences 1 and 2PART 3 DYNAMIC VIEW 1575 Case study: coin-operated pay phone 1595.1 Step 1 – Identifying the actors and use cases 1615.2 Step 2 – Realising the system sequence diagram 1645.3 Step 3 – Representing the dynamic context 1665.4 Step 4 – In-depth description using a state diagram 1686 Complementary exercises 185Apendix C: Glossary & tips 207PART 4 DESIGN 2137 Case study: training request 2157.1 Step 1 – Defining iterations 2177.2 Step 2 – Defining the system architecture 2197.3 Step 3 – Defining system operations (iteration 1) 2247.4 Step 4 – Operation contracts (iteration 1) 2257.5 Step 5 – Interaction diagrams (iteration 1) 2287.6 Step 6 – Design class diagrams (iteration 1) 2377.7 Step 7 – Defining the system operations (iteration 2) 2457.8 Step 8 – Operation contracts (iteration 2) 2477.9 Step 9 – Interaction diagrams (iteration 2) 2507.10 Step 10 – Design class diagrams (iteration 2) 2527.11 Step 11 – Back to architecture 2537.12 Step 12 – Transition to Java code 2547.13 Step 13 – Putting the application into action 2628 Complementary exercises 267Appendix D: Glossary & tips 283Index 293