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Gain the skills to effectively plan software applications and systems using the latest version of UML

UML 2 represents a significant update to the UML specification, from providing more robust mechanisms for modeling workflow and actions to making the modeling language more executable. Now in its second edition, this bestselling book provides you with all the tools you’ll need for effective modeling with UML 2. The authors get you up to speed by presenting an overview of UML and its main features. You’ll then learn how to apply UML to produce effective diagrams as you progress through more advanced topics such as use-case diagrams, classes and their relationships, dynamic diagrams, system architecture, and extending UML. The authors take you through the process of modeling with UML so that you can successfully deliver a software product or information management system.

With the help of numerous examples and an extensive case study, this book teaches you how to:

Organize, describe, assess, test, and realize use cases
Gain substantial information about a system by using classes
Utilize activity diagrams, state machines, and interaction diagrams to handle common issues
Extend UML features for specific environment or domains
Use UML as part of a Model Driven Architecture initiative
Apply an effective process for using UML

The CD-ROM contains all of the UML models and JavaTM code for a complete application, JavaTM 2 Platform, Standard Edition, Version 1.4.1, and links to the Web sites for vendors of UML 2 tools.

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Gain the skills to effectively plan software applications and systems using the latest version of UML

With the help of numerous examples and an extensive case study, this book teaches you how to:

Organize, describe, assess, test, and realize use cases
Gain substantial information about a system by using classes
Utilize activity diagrams, state machines, and interaction diagrams to handle common issues
Extend UML features for specific environment or domains
Use UML as part of a Model Driven Architecture initiative
Apply an effective process for using UML

The CD-ROM contains all of the UML models and Java^TM code for a complete application, Java^TM 2 Platform, Standard Edition, Version 1.4.1, and links to the Web sites for vendors of UML 2 tools.

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Paperback: 552 pages
Publisher: Wiley (October 13, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0471463612
ISBN-13: 978-0471463610
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1.3 inches
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Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

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Unified Process, Model Driven Architecture, Object Management Group, Object Constraint Language, Sun Microsystems, Unified Modeling Language, Value Object, Ivar Jacobson, Registered User, Statistics Summary, Customer Figure, Meta-Object Facility, Metadata Interchange, Platform Specific Model, Rational Rose, Activity Diagrams Activity, Common Object Request Broker Architecture, Financial Aid Office, Integer Figure, Java Web, Person Figure, Petri Nets, Show Create

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The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy by Robert Audi on page 156, and Back Matter
Design Patterns: AND Applying UML and Patterns, an Introduction to Object-Oriented Analysis and Design and Iterative Development: Elements of Reusable Object-oriented Software by Erich Gamma on page 260, and Back Matter
Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software by Erich Gamma on page 260, and Back Matter
Software Architecture in Practice (2nd Edition) by Len Bass on page 252, and Back Matter
Object-Oriented Development: The Fusion Method by Derek Coleman in Back Matter

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4.0 out of 5 stars A brief, thorough introduction, October 21, 2003

By	wiredweird "wiredweird" (Earth, or somewhere nearby) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)

UML, the Uniform Modeling Language, is a huge specification. It actually comprises a group of specifications covering thousands of pages. Without some guide, a beginner can get lost in the forest of detail.

This book is the best guide I've seen so far. It covers all of the major kinds of graphical notation - over a dozen - that UML uses for describing systems and software. The first part book follows a clear, logical path from the original exploration of requirements, into basic, static design of program elements, and on to the dynamic behavior of software and the systems built around it. UML isn't just about software - it's about meeting real human needs using complex systems.

One strength here is that the authors show Java-based examples of wht the UML notations really mean. That has always caused difficulty for beginners - which Java language constructs are the 'right' representations of UML specifications? The answer has ambiguities, but the authors show some ways to create a proper correspondence.

The later parts of the book describe successively higher levels of system representation, as supported by the UML. They show how design patterns look in proper UML - a real help, since the best DP books predate modern UML. The authors also demonstrate how UML can be extended to meet new needs, or to represent fine, application-specific levels of detail.

I admit to mixed feelings about extensions to the standard. In some ways, extensions are necessary. I have found even basic class diagrams desperately in need of extension - when they address my program design issues at all, they immediately lock in details of implementation that should have been left open. On the other hand, an extension to the standard is, by definition, non-standard. Extensions almost automatically violate UML's goal of uniformity and shared ways of expressing shared concepts. Perhaps I need to see more real-world examples of successful extensions.

The final chapters of the deal with the fundamental concepts needed to make UML work properly: the Model Driven Architecture and broad script for using UML within that paradigm.

Although the authors do a good job of presenting the material, this part of the UML spec is where I have my strongest reservations. I'll agree that analysis and architecture are different from programming, and probably deserve different ways to express their concepts. I certainly agree that all of the different ways to view a system need coherency and cross-validation. My notation should be my servant, though, not my master. Forcing myself into the mold of a person for whom UML works is painful and unproductive. If the notation is so complex that it can only be used within elaborate tool suites, I wonder how well it will accept the sets of tools that I already use. Can I really get UML tools to integrate with Mathematica, Java, Word, VHDL, and source control? If not, then they do not really work with my system. I know, my combinations of tools are idiosyncratic, but other development environments use tool combinations at least as complex. Finally, if UML requires such tool support, does it really meet my needs as a mere human?

UML is real, it has wide value and acceptance in the industry. This book, from the OMG press, comes straight from the UML standards body. I recommend it as a good way to start with most of UML's features, almost an index to the reams of OMG standards documents. I advise the reader to approach UML carefully, though: use it to support your design needs, don't subjugate your design to it.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Toolkit has all the tools you'll need!, October 21, 2003

By	L. Power "reader" (Washington, DC USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Wow. I needed to really learn UML 2 for work, and found that this book covered everything! The examples are very clear, the writing thorough, smart, and explicit -- it's like a classroom in a book. A lot of humor -- this is an understandable read. The authors cover object-oriented methodologies, modeling, and all aspects of UML, including the neat new stuff in UML 2.0. I even used the cd-rom and found it to be cool and helpful (!!!). If you really want to learn UML 2.0 to be able to use, discuss, and apply it like a pro, this is the book for you.

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3.0 out of 5 stars The Author Has an Annoying Writing Style, February 28, 2004

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The author begins many paragraphs with an incomprehensible sentence, but does usually recover with great "for examples". Even after reading the book and feeling comfortable with the material, I went back to read some of those incomprehensible sentences and still found them incomprehensible.

This isn't an easy read.

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UML-2 offers an experience-based improvement over the original UML. However, the price for combining breadth of coverage with depth of detail is that UML-2 represents a great deal... Read more

Published on September 27, 2005 by David Christhilf

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I found this book a comprehensive guide to the last version of UML language.

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For anyone wanting to learn UML, I would recommend this book. This book is very easy to understand, yet very detailed in its approach and provides plenty of examples.

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One more thing... I even used the cd-rom and found it to be cool and helpful (!!!).

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