Module 4b

MODULE 4B
UNIFIED MODELLING
LANGUAGE
COMPROG – COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
TOPICS:
• UNIFIED MODELLING LANGUAGE
 Basic Concepts
 Class Diagram
 Association (Directed and Reflexive)
 Aggregation
 Composition
 Multiplicity
 Inheritance/Generalization
UNIFIED MODELLING LANGUAGE
- a standard language for

specifying, visualizing,
constructing, and
documenting the artifacts of
software systems.
- a pictorial language used to make software
blueprints
- not a programming language but tools can be used

to generate code in various languages using UML
diagrams
- has a direct relation with object oriented analysis

and design
• GOAL OF UML
- to define some general purpose modeling
language
- not only made for developers but also for
business users, common people, and anybody
interested to understand the system
- defined as a simple modeling mechanism
• UML BUILDING BLOCKS
- Things
- Relationships
- Diagrams
• UML MODELING
STRUCTURAL MODELING BEHAVIORAL MODELING ARCHITECTURAL MODELING
- captures the static features of - describes the interaction in - represents the overall
a system the system framework of the system
• Classes diagrams • Activity diagrams - contains both structural and

• Objects diagrams • Interaction diagrams behavioral elements of the
• Deployment diagrams • Use case diagrams system
• Package diagrams
• Composite structure diagram - Package diagram
• Component diagram
• CLASS DIAGRAM
- the main building block in
object-oriented modeling
- used to show the different
objects in a system, their
attributes, their operations and
the relationships among them.
Classes in class diagrams are represented by boxes that
are partitioned into three:
• The top partition contains the name of the class.

• The middle part contains the class’s attributes.
• The bottom partition shows the possible operations that
are associated with the class.
• RELATIONSHIP IN CLASS DIAGRAM
•Association
•Directed Association - Classes are interrelated to
•Reflexive Association each other in specific ways.
•Multiplicity Relationship in class diagrams
•Aggregation include different types of
•Composition logical connections.
•Inheritance/Generalization
• ASSOCIATION
- encompasses just about any logical
connection or relationship between
classes
- If two classes in a model need to

communicate with each other, there
must be link between them
• ASSOCIATION
DIRECTED ASSOCIATION
- refers to a directional relationship
represented by a line with an arrowhead.
The arrowhead depicts a container-
contained directional flow.
- indicates that control flows from one

classifier to another
• ASSOCIATION
REFLEXIVE ASSOCIATION
- occurs when a class may have multiple

functions or responsibilities
- association between instances of the

same class.
• MULTIPLICITY
- active logical association when the
cardinality of a class in relation to another
is being depicted
For example, one fleet may include multiple

airplanes, while one commercial airplane
may contain zero to many passengers. The
notation 0..* in the diagram means “zero to
many”.
• MULTIPLICITY
Indicates that every Instructor
has one or more Students
A single student can associate

with multiple teachers
Using role names

• AGGREGATION
- refers to the formation of a particular class as a
result of one class being aggregated or built as
a collection
- implies a relationship where the child can exist

independently of the parent
- the contained classes are not strongly

dependent on the lifecycle of the container
• COMPOSITION
- emphasizing the dependence of
the contained class to the life cycle
of the container class
- connotes that a strong life cycle is

associated between the classes.
• INHERITANCE/GENERALIZATION
- refers to a type of relationship wherein
one associated class is a child of
another by virtue of assuming the same
functionalities of the parent class
- the child class is a specific type of the

parent class
AGGREGATION: ATM can still
exist without a bank
AGGREGATION: Customer can
still exist without a bank
MULTIPLICITY: A single
account belongs to a particular
customer while a customer can
have at most 2 accounts INHERITANCE: Current
Account and Saving Account
are types of Account
SUMMARY
• Unified Modeling Language is a standard language

for specifying, visualizing, constructing, and
documenting the artifacts of software systems.
• Object-Oriented analysis and design defines as
investigation of objects .
• UML Modeling can be classified as structural
modeling, behavioral modeling or architectural
modeling.
SUMMARY
• Class diagram is used to show the different objects in

a system, their attributes, their operations and the
relationships among them.
• Association, Multiplicity, Aggregation, Composition,

Inheritance/Generalization shows the relationship of
the classes.
END OF PRESENTATION

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- a standard language for

- not a programming language but tools can be used

- has a direct relation with object oriented analysis

• Classes diagrams • Activity diagrams - contains both structural and

• The top partition contains the name of the class.

- If two classes in a model need to

- indicates that control flows from one

- occurs when a class may have multiple

- association between instances of the

For example, one fleet may include multiple

A single student can associate

Using role names

- implies a relationship where the child can exist

- the contained classes are not strongly

- connotes that a strong life cycle is

- the child class is a specific type of the

• Unified Modeling Language is a standard language

• Class diagram is used to show the different objects in

• Association, Multiplicity, Aggregation, Composition,

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