Table Of ContentAladdin Ayesh
Essential
UMCmfast
Using SELECT UseCaseTool
for Rapid Applications
Development
Springer
Aladdin Ayesh, BSc, MSc
Department of Computing Information Sciences, De Montfort University,
The Gateway, Leicester LE! 9BH
Series Editor
John Cowell, BSc (Hons), MPhil, PhD
Department of Computer Science, De Montfort University, The Gateway,
Leicester LE! 9BH
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Essential UML fast: using SELECT use case tooI for rapid applications development I
Aladdin Ayesh.
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Contents
1. INTRODUCTION........................................ 1
Introduction 2
Analysisanddesignapproaches......................................................................................... 2
RapidApplicationDevelopment......................................................................................... 3
CASEtools,approachesandmethodologies 3
Whoisthisbookfor? 4
WhatdoyouneedtouseUMl? 5
2. INTRODUCTION TO MODELLING 7
Introduction 8
Businessmodelling 8
Structurevsbehaviour 9
Storyboarding...................................................................................................... 9
Hierarchies........................................................................................................... 10
Lifecycles 10
Traditionallifecycle 11
Prototypelifecycle 11
Spirallifecycle..................................................................................................... 12
V-shapedlifecycle............................................................................................... 13
UnifiedModellinglanguage 14
CASEtools............................................................................................................ 15
HowtochooseCASEtools.................................................................................... 15
3. OBJECT-ORIENTED TECHNOLOGy............ 17
Introduction 18
Structuredmodellingandobjectmodelling....................................................................... 18
Conceptsofobject-orientedtechnology............................................................................. 19
Classesandobjects 20
Inheritanceandrelationships 21
Polymorphism 22
~. ~ELECT ENTE~RI~E 2f5
Introduction 26
InstallingSElECTEnterprise 26
UsingtheEnabler 27
Creatinganewrepository.................................................................................... 28
Creatinganewmodel 29
StartingSELECTEnterprise 30
Commonerrors................................................................................................................... 32
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Introduction 36
Whatisausecase?............................................................................................................ 36
Diagrammaticviews 36
Textualviews 37
Creatingausecase 38
Addinganactor 39
Addingaprocess.................................................................................................. 41
Linkinganactortoaprocess 43
Linkingusecases................................................................................................................ 44
Abstractanddetailedusecases 46
Requirementsgatheringandanalysis 47
6. CLASSES AND OBJECTS 49
Introduction 50
Classesandobjects............................................................................................................. 50
Classtypes.......................................................................................................................... 51
Classstructure 53
Creatingclassdiagrams...................................................................................................... 54
Browsingaclass 55
Addingattributes 56
Addingmethods.................................................................................................. 58
Classlinks........................................................................................................................... 59
Inheritance 60
Aggregationandcomposition 62
Addinginheritance 63
Addingrelationships............................................................................................ 63
Abstractanddetailedclassdiagrams 66
7. MODELLING INTERACTION........................ 67
Introduction 68
Modellingclassinteractions 68
Delegation 69
Timefactor 70
Collaborationdiagrams 70
Creatingacollaborationdiagram 71
Addingaclass...................................................................................................... 74
Deletingaclass.................................................................................................... 75
Editingrelationships............................................................................................ 76
Sequencediagrams 78
Creatingasequencediagram 79
Addinganddeletingclasses 80
Editingrelationships............................................................................................ 82
Addingasequencedescription 83
Addinginteractionbetweenclasses 85
Usesandextendsprobes 86
8. MODELLING BEHAVIOUR . 87
Introduction .. 88
Dynamicmodelling . 88
Statediagrams . 89
Creatingastatediagram .. 89
States . 91
Addinganddeletingstates .. 91
Editingstates . 93
Statemessages . 94
Events .. 95
Actions . 95
Activities . 96
Conditions .. 97
Transitions .. 97
Addinganddeletingtransitionsinastatediagram .. 98
Editingtransitions .. 99
Event/actionblocks .. 99
Creatingsuper-andsub-states .. 100
Sequentialstates .. 101
Concurrentstates .. 103
Activitydiagrams . 105
9. ~~~~~1r ~Jt1r~~•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 107
Introduction . 108
GeneralGraphics . 108
StorageMapper . 108
UsingtheStorageMapper . 110
Managingmappingoptions .. 110
Managingprimekeys .. 111
Datadictionary .. 111
Checkingconsistency . 112
Codegenerators .. 114
Toolsandtoolscustomizer . 116
10. J?~1r1r~IlIff) •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 117
Introduction .. 118
Analysispatterns . 118
Designpatterns . 120
Statepatterns .. 120
Compositepatterns . 121
RecordingpatternsusingUML .. 122
11. FROM ANALYSIS TO DESIGN 125
Introduction 126
Essentialandrealusecases................................................................................................ 126
Designclassdiagrams 127
Interactiondiagrams 129
Behaviourdiagrams 130
SELECTEnterprisesupportfordesignexpansion 130
12. 1)()Jv.[~!fJv.[()I>~~~I!fcr•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 131
Introduction . 132
Domainmodelling . 132
Packagediagrams .. 134
Processhierarchydiagrams . 135
Creatingaprocesshierarchydiagram . 136
Editingaprocesshierarchydiagram . 137
Linkingbusinessprocesses . 139
Processthreaddiagrams .. 140
Creatingaprocessthreaddiagram . 141
Editingaprocessthreaddiagram .. 142
Addingaprocess .. 143
Usingtransitions . 143
Addinganexclusivearc .. 145
Addingaprocessbreak . 145
Addingaconcurrence . 146
Addinganiteration . 147
13. USER INTERFACE DESIGN 149
Introduction 150
Derivinguserinterfaceclasses 150
Userinterfacedesign.......................................................................................................... 151
Addinguserinterfaceclasses............................................................................... 151
Usinguserinterfacepackages 153
Prototyping 154
14. DATABASE MODELLING 157
Introduction 158
Typesofdatabases 158
Tablerelationshipsdiagrams.............................................................................................. 160
Creatingatablediagram 160
Addingatable 161
Deletingatable 163
Editingatable.................................................................................................................... 163
Workingwithcolumns......................................................................................... 163
Definingaprimarykey........................................................................................ 164
Indexingattributes 166
Relationships...................................................................................................................... 167
Converting00designintorelationaldatabasedesign 169
CorbaandORBpatterns 170
15. COMPLETING THE MODEL 173
Introduction 174
Modellingsub-systems 174
Systemmodellingviews..................................................................................................... 175
Topbottomview.................................................................................................. 175
Bottomtopview 175
Bi-directionalview 176
Componentsview 176
Modellingdiagrams 177
Object-orientedmodellingviews....................................................................................... 177
Responsibilityview 177
Usecaseview 178
Projectmanagement.......................................................................................................... 178
Managingtimeandtasks 178
Documentation.................................................................................................... 179
Workinginateam............................................................................................... 180
Checklistofmodels 181
16. IMPLEMENTATION ~ . 183
Introduction , .. 184
Controltechniques .. 184
Centralizedcontrol .. 184
Distributedcontrol.. . 185
Componentdiagrams .. 185
Reuseandcomponentsoftware .. 186
ActiveXandMicrosoftCOM . 186
JavaBeans . 187
Commonarchitectures . 187
Managingcomponents 188
Deploymentdiagrams 189
17. ~~Iv.[J»~~~•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 191
Introduction .. 192
Employeedatabase . 192
Requirementsanalysisusingusecases . 193
Classidentification . 195
Securitysystem . 196
Requirementsanalysisusingusecases . 196
Classidentification . 198
Modellinginteraction .. 199
Modellingbehaviour .. 201
18. WHAT'S NEXT? 203
Introduction 204
ExtensionsofUML.............................................................................................................. 204
Real-timeUML 205
Whatisnext? 205
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Introduction 208
Webresources 208
Bookreferences 208
20. ~l?J?~IIJ)J)[II 2()~
Usecases............................................................................................................................ 210
Classdiagrams 210
Collaborationdiagrams 211
Sequencediagrams 211
Statediagrams 211
Activitydiagrams 212
INDEX 213
