UML in Practice

Foreword ix Introduction xi Acknowledgements xv PART 1 FUNCTIONAL VIEW 1 1 Case study: automatic teller machine 3 1.1 Step 1 – Identifying the actors of the ATM 5 1.2 Step 2 – Identifying use cases 8 1.3 Step 3 – Creating use case diagrams 10 1.4 Step 4 – Textual description of use cases 14 1.5 Step 5 – Graphical description of use cases 20 1.6 Step 6 – Organising the use cases 26 2 Complementary exercises 37 2.1 Step 1 – Business modelling 53 2.2 Step 2 – Defining system requirements 57 Appendix A: Glossary & tips 65 PART 2 STATIC VIEW 71 3 Case study: flight booking system 73 3.1 75 3.2 Step 2 – Modelling sentences 6, 7 and 10 77 3.3 Step 3 – Modelling sentences 8 and 9 82 3.4 Step 4 – Modelling sentences 3, 4 and 5 86 3.5 Step 5 – Adding attributes, constraints and qualifiers 89 3.6 Step 6 – Using analysis patterns 94 3.7 Step 7 – Structuring into packages 98 3.8 Step 8 – Generalisation and re-use 105 4 Complementary exercises 113 Appendix B: Glossary & tips 149 Step 1– Modelling sentences 1 and 2 PART 3 DYNAMIC VIEW 157 5 Case study: coin-operated pay phone 159 5.1 Step 1 – Identifying the actors and use cases 161 5.2 Step 2 – Realising the system sequence diagram 164 5.3 Step 3 – Representing the dynamic context 166 5.4 Step 4 – In-depth description using a state diagram 168 6 Complementary exercises 185 Apendix C: Glossary & tips 207 PART 4 DESIGN 213 7 Case study: training request 215 7.1 Step 1 – Defining iterations 217 7.2 Step 2 – Defining the system architecture 219 7.3 Step 3 – Defining system operations (iteration 1) 224 7.4 Step 4 – Operation contracts (iteration 1) 225 7.5 Step 5 – Interaction diagrams (iteration 1) 228 7.6 Step 6 – Design class diagrams (iteration 1) 237 7.7 Step 7 – Defining the system operations (iteration 2) 245 7.8 Step 8 – Operation contracts (iteration 2) 247 7.9 Step 9 – Interaction diagrams (iteration 2) 250 7.10 Step 10 – Design class diagrams (iteration 2) 252 7.11 Step 11 – Back to architecture 253 7.12 Step 12 – Transition to Java code 254 7.13 Step 13 – Putting the application into action 262 8 Complementary exercises 267 Appendix D: Glossary & tips 283 Index 293