Responding to Lwriemen... ... Right. I agree it has a couple of flaws, but it is a good example of the point. The mapping of GUI Object to solution classes...
... [SNIP] ... Wow! I guess if the picture is unreadable, then it's not worth much. :-( Oh well, I had a redundant association on there that I added during a ...
... The diagram was fine for me. If you receive it garbled (proportional font), chances are Yahoo is converting your post to HTML. Go to...
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executableuml@yahoogr...
Aug 2, 2002 2:11 am
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the executableuml group: The models in Message 85 were not clearly readable by everyone in the group....
The group allows files to be attached to messages. If the members agree, we can start posting models in a graphical format so that everyone can see the models...
... At first, "The models in Message 85 were not clearly readable by everyone in the group" is not correct. Second, I would not receive megabytes of files I do...
PS: You can place in the Files section a diagram in different formats, then each member can choose the format he/she likes. -- Vit(aly B.) Rudovich...
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H. S. Lahman
h.lahman@...
Aug 2, 2002 9:45 pm
Responding to Lwriemen... ... I was able to read it fine with Netscape 6.2. I just snipped it to reduce the size of my response since I wasn't referencing it...
... Another low cost alternative to Acrobat is ghostview which is available on most platforms. There's also all the pdf2<> and <>2pdf tools. The aforementioned...
... font), ... Thanks for the tip, but that wasn't my problem. I was viewing the post on my browser in the Yahoo! groups site. I haven't looked at my daily...
Sorry, I only just noticed this in my mailbox. For some reason Yahoo occassionally decides to slot a new message in between msg 56 and 57 (exact numbers may...
Responding to Nedunuri... ... 'Problem' should have been 'Platform'. ... OK, but that mapping is still artifact-to-artifact semantic mapping at the notation...
I am having a tough time in defining a use case scenario. I'd like to get the input of the experts on this group about this. Scenario: A user goes to a web...
Look at Martin Fowler's paper, "Use and Abuse Cases:" http://martinfowler.com/articles/abuse.pdf In particular, compare this to what Martin calls "abuse by ...
Responding to Kazmeez... ... Use cases are a means for capturing requirements, not software design. In this example you are using classical functional...
Pretty interesting reading. I found it odd that the most used part of UML was the Use Case Diagrams, seeing as they are probably the *least* useful part of ...
... I would suggest the following criteria for a diagram format (my opinions of course...) 1. The tool to view *and* generate the diagrams should be free (That...
I have an object consisting of instances of classes [A, B, D]. What happens to instance D if the object is reclassified from instance B to C? Does instance D...
Stefan -- You cannot have an object that is only an instance of [A, B, D]. In executable UML every specialization is {disjoint, complete}, meaning that every...
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piyush.gupta@...
Aug 14, 2002 10:13 am
hi, pardon me if i sound stupid, but i am utterly confused by the original question as well as the answer by marc. stefan: what exactly do you mean by...
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Grazebrook, Alvery
alvery.grazebrook@...
Aug 14, 2002 10:14 am
From your diagram, B inherits from A and D, therefore there is only one instance which supports the interface of all 3 (A, B and D). Unless you are talking...
Note: This and 3 other postings all deal with the issue of reclassification. To sum up the discussion, I'll post a single overview on reclassification in a...
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Grazebrook, Alvery
alvery.grazebrook@...
Aug 14, 2002 10:33 am
I don't understand the significance of the R1, R2 etc. labels on the generalizations. Could someone explain what this is about? Cheers, Alvery ... From: Stefan...
... These are called "discriminators" and are used to denote separate mutually-exclusive, complete partitionings of a superclass. We cover this in detail in...
If B and C is same specialization of A with R1 (not R1 and R2), then, this question is valid. B can be reclassified to C. and what happend with the instance of...
In the book, Reclassification is defined as: Reclassification is the act of moving an object from one leaf subclass in a generalization-specialization...
I think, refering to the Executable UML Book (what this news group is all about), we should not talk about inheritance and interface as we do when talking...
Responding to Gupta... ... Reclassification is really about changing roles. Basically the underlying entity can play different roles during its life. One way...