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Composite structures are a set of interconnected elements that exist at runtime to collectively provide some piece of functionality. Internal Structures specify relationship in the context of the class that contain them. Port is a way to offer functionality from a composite structure without exposing the internal details of how that functionality is realized.

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Composite Strutures: Massimo Felici Room 1402, JCMB, KB 0131 650 5899 Mfelici@inf - Ed.ac - Uk

Composite structures are a set of interconnected elements that exist at runtime to collectively provide some piece of functionality. Internal Structures specify relationship in the context of the class that contain them. Port is a way to offer functionality from a composite structure without exposing the internal details of how that functionality is realized.

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Composite Strutures

Massimo Felici
Room 1402, JCMB, KB
0131 650 5899
mfelici@[Link]
Composite or Internal Structures
ƒ A Composite Structure is a set of
interconnected elements that exist at
runtime to collectively provide some piece of
functionality – Internal structures
ƒ Internal Structures specify relationship in
the context of the class that contain them
ƒ Internal Structures model how objects
work together inside a class or how they
achieve a goal

© 2004-2006 SEOC - Lecture Note 09 2


Composite Structures: Basics
ƒ Internal structures show
• the parts contained by a class and the
relationships between the parts
• context-sensitive relationships, or relationships
that hold in the context of a containing class
ƒ Ports show how a class is used on your
system with ports
ƒ Collaborations show design pattern in your
software and, more generally, objects
cooperating to achieve a goal

© 2004-2006 SEOC - Lecture Note 09 3


Internal Structures

Property Part

ƒ Structured classes and properties


ƒ Parts of a Class
• UML 2.0 defines the term “property” to describe the “part” piece
of the whole relationship
ƒ A Connector is a link that enables communication between parts
• The notation for multiplicities on connectors is the same as
multiplicities on associations

© 2004-2006 SEOC - Lecture Note 09 4


Ports
ƒ A port is a way to offer
functionality from a composite
structure without exposing the
internal details of how that
functionality is realized
ƒ Ports focus on the outside of a
class, showing how a class is
used by other classes
• Required and provided
interfaces
• behavioral port: realizing port
implementations
• Multiple connectors – UML 2.0
allows multiple connectors
leading from a port to different
internal elements
• Port multiplicity; interaction
points [Agile Modeling, Introduction to the Diagrams of UML 2.0]
• Port typing

© 2004-2006 SEOC - Lecture Note 09 5


Collaborations
ƒ UML 2.0 allows you to
attach a collaboration
to a specific operation
or classifier to show
how it is realized by
other elements
ƒ When you associate a
collaborations, yoy
create a Collaboration
Occurrence

[Agile Modeling, Introduction to the Diagrams of UML 2.0]

© 2004-2006 SEOC - Lecture Note 09 6

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