Chapter 3 Building Structural Diagrams


Associations property sheet General tab

The General tab contains the following properties:

Property Description
Name Specifies the name of the item, which should be clear and meaningful, and should convey the item's purpose to non-technical users.
Code Specifies the technical name of the object, which is used for generating code or scripts.
Comment Descriptive comment for the object.
Stereotype Extends the semantics of the object beyond the core UML definition. <<implicit>> means that the relationship is not manifest, it is only conceptual
Class A Name of the class at one end of the association
Class B Name of the class at the other end of the association
Type Specifies the type of association. You can choose between:

  • Association
  • Aggregation – a part-whole relationship between a class and an aggregate class
  • Composition – a form of aggregation but with strong ownership and coincident lifetime of parts by the whole
Container If the association is an aggregation or a composition, the container radio buttons let you define which class contains the other in the association
Association Class Class related to the current association that completes the association definition

 


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