本书内容包括框图的主要类型，包括类图、用例图、复合结构图、交互图、各个框图中所使用的不同符号、标记和连线类型的含义每个框图最善于表达的信息类别、如何运用标记值、模板(stereotype)和UML配置文件(profile)为特定的应用领域等。本书为UML使用手册，同时也可作为UML初学者的入门教材。在使用UML语言的软件开发中它将是你的必备指南。让这本书成为你UML旅途上的罗赛塔石碑吧。

Preface

 1. Fundamentals of UML

  Getting Started

  Background

  UML Basics

  UML Specifications

  Putting UML to Work

  Modeling

  UML Rules of Thumb

 2. Class Diagrams

  Classes

  Attributes

  Operations

  Methods

  Abstract Classes

  Relationships

  Interfaces

  Templates

  Variations on Class Diagrams

3. Package Diagrams

  Representation

  Visibility

  Importing and Accessing Packages

Merging Packages

Variations on Package Diagrams

4. Composite Structures

 Composite Structures

 Collaborations

 Collaboration Occurrences

5. Component Diagrams

 Components

 Component Views

6. Deployment Diagrams

Artifacts

 Nodes

 Deployment

 Variations on Deployment Diagrams

7. Use Case Diagrams

 Use Cases

 Actors

 Advanced Use Case Modeling

 Use Case Scope

8. Statechart Diagrams

 Behavioral State Machines

 States

 State Machine Extension

 Protocol State Machines

 Pseudostates

 Event Processing

 Variations on Statechart Diagrams

9. Activity Diagrams

 Activities and Actions

 Tokens

 Activity Nodes

 Advanced Activity Modeling

10. Interacti0n Diagrams

 What Are Interactions?

 Interaction Participants

  Messages

  Execution Occurrences

  State Invariants

  Event Occurrences

  Traces

  Combined Fragments

  Interaction Occurrences

  Decomposition

  Continuations

  Sequence Timing

  Alternate Interaction Notations

11. Tagged Values, Stereotypes, and UML Profiles

  Modeling and UML in Context

  Stereotypes

  Tagged Values

  Constraints

  UML Profiles

  Tools and How They Use Profiles

12. Effective Diagramming

  Wallpaper Diagrams

  Sprawling Scope

  One Diagram/One Abstraction

  Besides UML

 A. MDA: Model-Driven Architecture

 B. TheObject Constraint Language

Index