Table of Contents
Foreword xv Preface xvii About the Authors xxiii Chapter 1: Introduction to Visual Modeling 1
The Triangle for Success 4
The Role of Notation 5
History of the UML 5
The Role of Process 8
What Is Iterative and Incremental Development? 8
The Rational Unified Process 9
Rational Software Architect 12
Summary 13
developerWorks Links 14
Chapter 2: Beginning a Project 15
Defining the Right Project 17
Eastern State University (ESU) Background 18
Risks for the Course Registration Problem 19
ESU Course Registration Problem Statement 19
Summary 20
Chapter 3: The Use Case Model 21
System Behavior 23
Actors 27
Use Cases 31
Use Case Diagrams 43
Activity Diagrams 50
Summary 57
developerWorks Links 58
Chapter 4: The Analysis Model 61
Creating an Analysis Model 63
Analysis Model Template 64
Use Case Realizations 66
Documenting Classes 75
Distributing Behavior 80
Sequence Diagrams 81
View of Participating Classes 87
Summary 92
developerWorks Links 93
Chapter 5: The Design Model 95
Design Model 97
Design Elements 101
Identifying Design Elements from Analysis Classes 105
Class Diagrams 109
User Interfaces 120
Summary 125
developerWorks Links 125
Chapter 6: Implementation Model 127
Persistence Choices 129
Service Data Objects 131
User Interface Choices 134
JavaServer Faces 136
Tying It Together 137
Summary 161
developerWorks Links 161
Appendix A: UML Metamodel 163
UML Definition Documents 165
Specification Document Structure 165
Metamodel Structure 166
Appendix B: Notation Summary 169
Index 183
