ADVANCED PROGRAMMING WITH JAVA

AND UML
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By
Dr. Alhassan S.

March 30, 2022

 UML Diagrams

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Activity Diagrams

It is used to display the sequence of activities in a system.

It is used to represent the flow from one activity to another
activity.
It captures the dynamic behavior of the system.
Activity Diagrams show the workflow from a start point to the
finish point detailing the many decision paths that exist in the
progression of events contained in the activity.
Activity Diagrams are useful for Business Modelling where they
are used for detailing the processes involved in business activities.

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Purpose of Activity Diagrams

Draw the activity flow of a system.
Describe the sequence from one activity to another.
Describe the parallel, branched and concurrent flow of the
system.

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How to Draw a Activity Diagrams?

Identify the following elements
Activities
Association
Conditions
Constraints
Next make a mental layout of the entire flow.
Transformed the mental layout into an activity diagram.

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Uses of Activity Diagrams

Modeling work flow by using activities.
Modeling business requirements.
High level understanding of the system’s functionalities.
Investigating business requirements at a later stage.

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Some Elements of Activity Diagrams

Element Description Symbol

Activity It is the specification of a
parameterized sequence of
behaviour

Action It represents a single step

within an activity
Control Flow It shows the flow of control
from one act ion to the next.
Initial Node Start Node.
Final Node Ends control flow.

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An activity diagram for order management system

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