6. Week 8. Analysis Model - Structure

• Moving from procedural paradigm of functional requirements (use-case model) to object-paradigm of analysis model.

• Presentation 3: UML Class Diagrams ( lecture ).

• Classes and types of classes

  • Class and class specification

  • Utility and template classes, template instantiation

  • Abstract classes and interfaces

• Relationships

  • Significance of relationships as the mortar of the software architecture

  • Inheritance - medium for expressing and controlling abstraction

  • Association, aggregation by reference, aggregation by value

  • Dependency

  • Direction and multiplicity of relationships

  • Naming relationships and roles