Introduction to the Unified Modeling Language (UML)
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This Lesson covers the following topics : Exploring the Benefits of Modeling Software What Is a Model ? Why Model software ? OOSD as Model Transformation Defining the UML UML Elements UML Diagrams UML Diagrams Categories UML CASE Tools
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Introduction to the Unified Modeling Language (UML)
- 1. Introduction to the Unified Modeling Language (UML) By Eng Marwa Ali Eissa
- 2. Outline Exploring the Benefits of Modeling Software What Is a Model ? Why Model software ? OOSD as Model Transformation Defining the UML UML Elements UML Diagrams UML Diagrams Categories UML CASE Tools
- 3. Exploring the Benefits of Modeling Software The inception of every software project starts as an idea in someone's mind . To construct a realization of that idea , the development team must create a series of conceptual models that transform the idea into a production system.
- 4. What Is a Model ? Modeling is Describing a system at a high level of abstraction “A model is a simplification of reality .” A model is an abstract conceptualization of some entity (such as building) or a system (such as software). Different views show the model from different perspectives
- 5. Why Model Software ? We build models so that we can better understand the system we are developing . Specifically , modeling enables you to : Visualize new or existing systems Communicate decisions to the project stakeholders Document the decisions made in each OOSD workflow Specify the structure (static)and behavior(dynamic) elements of a system Use a template for constructing the software solution
- 6. OOSD as Model Transformation Software development can be viewed as a series of transformations from the Stockholder's mental model to the actual code :
- 7. Defining the UML UML stands for Unified Modeling Language "A graphical language for visualizing, specifying, constructing, and documenting the artifacts of a software-intensive system .“ UML was created by Object Management Group (OMG) and UML 1.0 specification draft was proposed to the OMG in January 1997. UML is a pictorial language used to make software blue prints. UML provides notations for capturing the results of requirements analysis and design .UML does so by providing 14 different kinds of diagrams that are designed to describe the requirements , architecture, mechanisms and implementation of the system Using the UML , a model is composed of : Elements(things and relationships) Diagrams (build from elements )
- 8. UML Elements
- 9. UML Diagrams
- 11. UML CASE Tools Many CASE Tools exist that implement the UML. These CASE tools provide diagram-specific editors for the 13 diagram types of UML • Smart line routing—The editor will route the arrows and other lines to help ensure that the lines don’t cross each other. • Cross-referencing—The tools will automatically provide cross- references and hyperlinks between the various diagrams and other information that you enter into the tool. • Checking and testing—Most tools will check whether the various diagrams and the accompanying text are consistent with each other.
- 12. UML CASE Tools – Cont. • Advanced analysis— Some tools will analyze your diagrams and find conceptual and timing inconsistencies in them. These tests are more advanced than the basic checking and testing that almost all tools provide. • Document generation—Many tools automatically generate documentation from the specification. • Code generation—Many tools will generate Java, SQL, C++, Visual Basic or other source code for you. • Code reverse engineering—Some tools will read your source code and generate the UML diagrams from the code. • Group tools—Most of the tools provide assistance for groups to work together in developing complex systems. For example, the tool might include version management capabilities
- 13. UML CASE Tools – Cont. List of UML tools http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_UML_tools Here is a list of some of the more common CASE Tools that are available. • Rational Rose • Visio • Paradigm Plus • Together/J from Object International • Visual UML • TAU from TeleLogic • Rhapsody from iLogix for Real Time Systems
Editor's Notes
- You know exactly what you are getting You will have lower development costs Your software will behave as you expect it to. Fewer surprises The right decisions are made before you are given poorly written code. Less overall costs We can develop more memory and processor efficient systems System maintenance costs will be lower. Less relearning takes place Working with a new developer will be easier. Communication with programmers and outside contractors will be more efficient If software is complex need of model If a system is developed by the hundreds of People there is also need of model for smooth communication and understanding the software system
- Now looking at the Object Oriented Software Development as mental transformations , so looking at this current figure that we see on this current slide , it shows the few of the models that a development team might create . Again the project starts as the mental models of the client side stockholders. During the requirement gathering and analysis workflows the mental models are combined and transformed into requirements model . So the non-functional requirements of the requirements model are transformed in the architecture model which again defines the high-level structure solution and the functional requirements of the requirements model are transformed into a design model, which again defines the abstract components of the software solution .so the design model is merged with the architecture model to produce the solution model which again defined the detailed structure of the software solution , so the solution model is used to guide the construction of the code fro the again software solution
- Now looking at the UML Diagrams .On this current slide , we see again these UML diagrams enable us to create visualizations of our mental model of software systems. Use Case Diagram : represents the set of high - level behaviors that a system must perform for a given actor. Cass Diagram : represents a collection of software classes and their entire relationships Object Diagram : represents a runtime snapshot of software objects and their entire relationships Communication Diagrams and they are formally by the way called Collaboration diagrams that represent a collection of object that work together to support some system behavior. Sequence Diagram : represents a time oriented perspective of object communication Activity Diagram : represents a flow of the activities that might be performed by either a system or an actor State Machine Diagram : represents a set of states that an object might experience and the triggers that transition the object from one state to another Component Diagram : represents a collection of physical software Components and their interrelationships Deployment Diagram : represents a collection of Components and shows how these are distributes across one or more hardware notes Package Diagram : represents a collection of other modeling elements and diagrams Interactive Overview Diagram : represents a form of activity diagram where nodes can represent interaction diagram fragments , these fragments are usally sequences fragments that can also be communication timing or interaction overview diagram fragments . A Timing Diagram : represents changes in a state or value. It can also show time and duration interactions between time events Composite Structure Diagram : represents the internal structure of a classifier usually in a form of parts and can include the interaction ports and interfaces and we see a profile diagram that might define additional diagram types or extend existing diagrams with additional notations
- UML is divided in to two General set of Diagrams Structured modeling diagrams It shows the static structure of the objects in a system Behavioral modeling diagram It shows the dynamic behavior of the objects in a system