Chapter 6 Building Implementation Diagrams

Node Associations

You can create associations between nodes, called node associations. They are defined with a role name and a multiplicity at each end. An association between two nodes means that the nodes communicate with each other, for example when a server is sending data to a backup server.

A node association can be created in the following diagrams:

• Deployment Diagram

A node association symbol is as follows:

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