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4+1 UML Views

• No single model is sufficient. Every non-trivial system
is best approached through a small set of nearly
independent models.
OBJECT-ORIENTED LANGUAGE AND THEORY
• Create models that can be built and studied separately, but are
13. UML DIAGRAMS still interrelated.

Nguyen Thi Thu Trang Logical View Implementation View

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Structure Software management
Use-Case View
End-user
Functionality

Process View Deployment View

System engineering
System integrators System topology, delivery,
Performance, scalability, throughput installation, communication

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Common diagrams in UML Use case diagram

• Use-case diagram • A number of external actors and their connection to the
use cases that the system provides
• Class diagram
• Object Diagram
• State machine
• Activity diagram
• Interaction diagrams
• Deployment diagram

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Class diagram Object diagram

• Static structure of classes in the system • Shows a number of object instances of classes, instead of
the actual classes

Class diagram for

Financial trading

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State machine Activity diagram

• Shows all the possible states that objects of the class can • Shows a sequential flow of actions to describe
have during a life-cycle instance, and which events cause • the activities performed in a general process workflow
the state to change • or other activity flows, such as a use case or a detailed control flow

A state machine
for an elevator An activity diagram for a printer server.

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Interaction Diagrams Deployment Diagram

• Show the interaction between objects during the • Shows the physical architecture of the hardware and
execution of the software software in the system

A sequence
diagram for
a print server

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