subjective 🙂 but honestly, I’d go with the Information Expert Pattern and say something like library.lend(item, patron) The library contains the information about the items it has (perhaps in its catalog). The library lends the item to the patron (which it knows because it registers them) Not sure how your instructor sees this, but this … Read more
You are correct: there is no need to include the (noise of) “boilerplate” signatures of standard setters and getters in a class model. Unfortunately, UML does not define a standard notation for implying getters and setters for private attributes. So, you’d have to use your own convention. For instance, you could include a general explanation … Read more
You can install the free plugin – Code Iris. I use PlantUML for creating diagrams Other tools of this type in the IntelliJ IDEA are paid. I chose a more powerful alternative: In Netbeans – easyUML In Eclipse – ObjectAid, Papyrus, Eclipse Modeling Tools
I am using a VSC extension named classdiagram-ts from AlexShen that does a very nice job, it can be used for creating a diagram for a file or a folder and also lets you reposition and navigate to fields, hide members and other cool options. https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=AlexShen.classdiagram-ts&ssr=false#overview
It might seems so, but the difference is, activity diagrams describe activities and state charts describe states. So those models are orthogonal – you might imagine there is an activity between two states (something that occurs during the transition) and you might say there is a state between two activities. This is rather a simplification, … Read more
ArgoUML has been my friend for many years when it comes to drawing UML. ArgoUML is a tool and you’re asking about both tools and the processes used (i.e. “which artifacts do you create with the tools). We generally stick to user stories (agile project) and do not make “classical” use cases and use case … Read more
You have to write the class name in italic : Here Contexte is an abstract class and Structure is a “concrete” class P. 99 of the specs says: The name of an abstract Classifier is shown in italics, where permitted by the font in use. Alternatively or in addition, an abstract Classifier may be shown … Read more
Out of these, I would say #3 is actually the worst, because “CRUD” on its own is not a use case at all; you always CRUD something. Don’t confuse use case <<extend>> with class inheritance. Option #2 is not very good either, because running through a “manage user” use case does not mean you perform … Read more
I use Dia for drawing UML diagrams (as well as other diagrams), but it cannot generate code (at least not without some additional tools, like dia2code). It’s more like a general-purpose diagram drawing tool with a decent support for UML. Umbrello is a tool dedicated to UML-based modelling. It’s comparable to Dia in terms of … Read more
The VS 2010 Ultimate RC documentation has more info about exporting the UML diagrams as images: How to: Save Images of Diagrams