This document provides an overview of class diagrams in UML. It describes the key components of a class including the name, attributes, and operations. It explains how classes can be connected through relationships like generalizations, associations, and dependencies. The document uses examples like Person, Student, and CourseSchedule classes to illustrate attributes, operations, and relationships between classes.

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Assistant Professor
Dept. of Computer Science
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2. Class Diagram Overview
Class diagram is one type of UML structure diagram
which shows structure of the designed system at the
level of classes and interfaces, shows their features,
constraints and their relationships - associations,
generalizations, dependencies, etc.
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3. ClassName
attributes
A class is a description of a set of objects
that share the same attributes, operations,
relationships, and semantics.
Graphically, a class is rendered as a
rectangle, usually including its name,
attributes, and operations in separate,
operations
attributes, and operations in separate,
designated compartments.
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4. ClassName
attributes
The name of the class is the only required tag in
the graphical representation of a class. It
always appears in the top-most compartment.
operations
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5. Person
name : String
address : Address
birthdate : Date
An attribute is a named property of a class
that describes the object being modeled.
In the class diagram, attributes appear in thebirthdate : Date
ssn : Id
In the class diagram, attributes appear in the
second compartment just below the name-
compartment.
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6. Person
name : String
address : Address
Attributes are usually listed in the form:
attributeName : Type
A derived attribute is one that can be
computed from other attributes, but doesn’t
actually exist.
address : Address
birthdate : Date
/ age : Date
ssn : Id
For example, a Person’s age can be
computed from his birth date. A derived
attribute is designated by a preceding ‘/’ as
in:
/ age : Date
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7. Person
+ name : String
# address : Address
Attributes can be:
+ public
# protected
- private
# address : Address
# birthdate : Date
/ age : Date
- ssn : Id
- private
/ derived
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8. Person
name : String
address : Address
birthdate : Datebirthdate : Date
ssn : Id
Eat()
Sleep()
Work()
Play()
Operations describe the class behavior
and appear in the third compartment.
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9. A class may also include its responsibilities in a class diagram.
A responsibility is a contract or obligation of a class to perform a
particular service.
SmokeAlarm
Responsibilities
-- sound alert and notify guard station
when smoke is detected.
-- indicate battery state
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10. In UML, object interconnections (logical or physical), are modeled as
relationships.
There are five kinds of relationships in UML:
• dependencies
• generalizations
• associations
•Inheritence
•realization
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11. A dependency indicates a semantic relationship between two or
more elements. The dependency from CourseSchedule to Course
exists because Course is used in both the add and remove operations
of CourseSchedule.
CourseSchedule
add(c : Course)
remove(c : Course)
Course
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12. Person
A generalization connects a subclass to its
super class.
It denotes an inheritance of attributes and
behavior from the super class to thebehavior from the super class to the
subclass and indicates a specialization in
the subclass of the more general super
class.
Student
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13. Student
UML permits a class to inherit from multiple superclasses, although some
programming languages (e.g., Java) do not permit multiple
inheritance.
Employee
TeachingAssistant
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14. If two classes in a model need to communicate with each other, there
must be link between them.
An association denotes that link.
InstructorStudent
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