Understanding UML: The Developers Guide

The Unified Modeling Language (UML) is a third generation method for specifying, visualizing, and documenting an object-oriented system under development. It unifies the three leading object-oriented methods and others to serve as the basis for a common, stable, and expressive object-oriented development notation. As the complexity of software applications increases, so does the developer's need to design and analyze applications before developing them. This practical introduction to UML provides software developers with an overview of this powerful new design notation, and teaches Java programmers to analyse and design object-oriented applications using the UML notation.

Apply the basics of UML to your applications immediately, without having to wade through voluminous documentationUse the simple Internet example as a prototype for developing object-oriented applications of your ownFollow a real example of an Intranet sales reporting system written in Java that is used to drive explanations throughout the bookLearn from an example application modeled both by hand and with the use of Popkin Software's SA/Object Architect O-O visual modeling tool.

1 Introduction
2 The Vocabulary of Object Technology
3 A Simple Object-Oriented Methodology
4 The Unified Modeling Language
5 Coding Applications in Java
6 Java Development with an Object-Oriented Modeling Tool
7 Business Process Reengineering
8 Use Case Diagrams and Ideal Object Models
9 CRC Cards
10 UML Class and Object Diagrams
11 UML Sequence and Collaboration Diagrams
12 UML State and Activity Diagrams
13 Designing an Object-Oriented System
14 Choosing an Object-Oriented Architecture
15 Expanding Your Design
Appendix A Code for the SalesWeb Example
Appendix B A Comparison of UML, Booch, and MOT Notations
Appendix C Products Mentioned in the Book