Unit 2(advanced class modeling & state diagram)

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UNIT – 2: ADVANCED CLASS MODELING, STATE
MODELING:
Advanced object and class concepts; Association ends; N-ary
associations; Aggregation; Abstract classes; Multiple inheritance;
Metadata; Reification; Constraints; Derived data; Packages;
Practical tips.
State Modeling: Events, States, Transitions and Conditions; State
diagrams; State diagram behaviour; Practical tips.

Advanced object and class concepts
Enumerations
Multiplicity
Scope
Visibility

Enumeration
Data type - a set of values together with a set of operations on those
values
To define a new simple data type, called enumeration type, we need
2 things:
A name for the data type
A set of values for the data type
enum {FALSE, TRUE};
enum rank {TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT,
NINE, TEN, JACK, QUEEN, KING, ACE};
enum colors {BLACK, BLUE, GREEN, CYAN, RED};
The values are written in all caps because they are constants

Enumerations
When constructing a model, we should carefully note enumerations,
because they often occur and are important to users.
Enumerations are also significant for an implementation; we may
display the possible values with a pick list.
Do not use a generalization to capture the values of an Enumerated
attribute.
An Enumeration is merely a list of values; generalization is a means
for structuring the description of objects.

Enumerations
In the UML an enumeration is a data type.
 The second section lists the enumeration values.
Eg: Boolean type= { TRUE, FALSE}

SSccooppee
UML specifies two types of scope for members: instance and classifier.
Classifier members are commonly recognized as “static” in many
programming languages. The scope is the class itself.
Attribute values are equal for all instances
Method invocation does not affect the instance’s state
Instance members are scoped to a specific instance.
Attribute values may vary between instances
Method invocation may affect the instance’s state (i.e., change
instance’s attributes)
To indicate a classifier scope for a member, its name must be underlined.
Otherwise, instance scope is assumed by default.

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Scope
Individual member data (attributes) may have either class
scope or instance scope.
Class scope - A single copy of an attribute is shared by all
instances of a class.
 In UML you underline the attribute to indicate class scope:
productCount : int
Instance scope - Each instance of a class would have its own
copy of the attribute. All attributes have instance scope by
default.

Visibility
Visibility refers to the ability of a method to reference a feature from another
class and has the possible values of public, protected & private.
Public—Visible anywhere that the class in which it appears is visible;
denoted by +.
Package—Visible anywhere in the package containing the class in which it
appears; denoted by ~.
Protected—Visible in the class in which it appears and all its sub-classes;
denoted by #.
Private—Visible only in the class in which it appears; denoted by -
Restricting visibility is the same as restricting accessibility.

Visibility
The UML denotes visibility with a prefix
“+” public
“-” private
“#” protected
 “~” package

N-ary Association
An n-ary association is like a common (binary) association, except
that more than two association roles involved in it.
The UML symbol for n-ary associations is a diamond with lines
connecting to related classes. If the association has a name, it is written in
italics next to the diamond.
N-ary
association
Class1 Class2
Class3
Ternary
association

N-ary Associations
Associations can connect more than one class
Notation:
Student Advisor
Major

N-ary Associations
Train
date
trainNo
Seat
carriageNo
seatNo
Reservation
1 1..*
1..*
Passenger
name
title

N-ary Associations
We may occasionally encounter n-ary associations (association
among 3 or more classes).
But we should try to avoid n-ary associations- most of them
can be decomposed into binary associations, with possible
qualifiers and attributes.

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N-ary Association (cont’d)
decompose

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Aggregation
A special form of association that models a whole-part relationship between
an aggregate (the whole) and its parts.
Models a “is a part-part of” relationship.
The aggregation association represents the part-whole relation between
classes.
Denoted by a solid diamond and lines
Diamond attaches to the aggregate (whole) while lines attach to the parts
May have all association adornments
Car Door House
Whole Part

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Aggregation (cont.)
Car Door House
Whole Part
Aggregation tests:
Is the phrase “part of” used to describe the relationship?
 A door is “part of” a car
Are some operations on the whole automatically applied to its
parts?
 Move the car, move the door.
Are some attribute values propagated from the whole to all or some
of its parts?
 The car is blue, therefore the door is blue.
 A door is part of a car. A car is not part of a door.

Aggregation
Pizza* Order
Slice
Crust
Sauce Serving
Cheese Serving
Topping Serving

Composition
Composition is a form of aggregation with strong
ownership and coincident lifetime of the parts by the
whole; the part object may belong to only one whole –
the parts are usually expected to live and die with the
whole.
(usually, any deletion of the whole is considered to
cascade to the parts}{filled diamond}
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Aggregation and Composition
Aggregation is a special form of association that specifies a whole-part
relationship between the aggregate (the whole) and a component (the part);
aggregation is the part-of relationship. { it is a special form of association
in which a collection of objects, each having an independent existence, is
associated with an single object} {unfilled diamond}
Composition is a form of aggregation with strong ownership and
coincident lifetime of the parts by the whole; the part object may belong to
only one whole – the parts are usually expected to live and die with the
whole.
(usually, any deletion of the whole is considered to cascade to the parts}
{filled diamond}

Metadata
The term "meta" comes from a Greek word that denotes
something of a higher or more fundamental nature.
Metadata, then, is data about other data.
The term refers to any data used to aid the identification,
description and location of networked electronic resources

Defining Metadata
Librarians equate it with a complete bibliographic record
Information technologists equate it to database schema or
definitions of the data elements
Archivists include context information, restrictions and
access terms, index terms, etc.

Metadata
Metadata is data that describes other data. For example, a class
definition is a metadata.
Models are inherently metadata, since they describe the things
being modeled (rather than being the things).
Many real-world applications have metadata, such as parts
catalogs, blueprints, and dictionaries. Computer-languages
implementations also use metadata heavily.

Derived Data
A derived element is a function of one or more elements, which in
turn may be derived.
 A derived element is redundant, because the other elements
completely determine it.
Ultimately, the derivation tree terminates with base elements.
Classes, associations, and attributes may be derived.
The notation for a derived element is a slash in front of the element
name along with constraint that determines the derivation.

Derived Data
Employee
Basic Pay
/gross pay

Packages
A package is a group of elements (classes, association,
generalization, and lesser packages) with a common theme.
A package partitions a model making it easier to understand and
manage. Large applications my require several tiers of packages.
Packages form a tree with increasing abstraction toward the root,
which is the application, the top-level package.
Notation for package is a box with a tab.

When to use Package
To create a overview of a large set of model elements
To organize a large model
To group related elements

State Modeling
State model describes the sequences of operations that occur in
response to external stimuli.
The state model consists of multiple state diagrams, one for each
class with temporal behavior that is important to an application.
The state diagram is a standard computer science concept that relates
events and states.
Events represent external stimuli and states represent values objects.

Elements of State Diagrams
The basic elements of state diagrams are
Events – An event is an occurrence at a point in time
states – the state in which the object finds itself at any moment
transitions – take the object from one state to another
actions – take place as a result of a transition

Events
An event is an occurrence at a point in time such as –
User presses left button
Indigo flight departs from Mumbai
An event happens instantaneously with regard to time scale of
an application.
One event may logically precede or follow another, or the two
events may be unrelated (concurrent; they have no effect on
each other).

Types of Events
An event may be one of 3 types
Signal event
Time event
Change event

Signal Event A signal is an explicit one-way transmission of information from one
object to another.
An object sending a signal to another object may expect a reply, but
the reply is a separate signal under the control of the second object,
which may or may not choose to send it.
 A signal event is the event of sending or receiving a signal (concern
about receipt of a signal).
The difference between signal and signal event
a signal is a message between objects
a signal event is an occurrence in time.

Time Event
Time event is an event caused by the occurrence of an absolute
time or the elapse of a time interval.
UML notation for an absolute time is the keyword when
followed by a parenthesized expression involving time.
The notation for a time interval is the keyword after followed
by a parenthesized expression that evaluates to a time
duration.
when (date = jan 1, 2000 )

Change Event
A change event occurs whenever a specified condition is met
Event name is specified as keyword when
Parameter list is a Boolean expression
The event occurs when both of the following conditions are met,
irrespective of the order when they happen
 The expression evaluates to true
 The object is in the required state
when (battery power < lower limit )
when (tire pressure < minimum pressure )

States
State is a condition or situation during the life of an object within
which it performs some activity, or waits for some events
The objects in a class have a finite number of possible states.
Each object can be in one state at a time.
A state specifies the response of an object to input events.
 At any given point in time, the system is in one state.
It will remain in this state until an event occurs that causes it to
change state.
Event vs. States
Event represents points in time.
State represents intervals of time.

States
A state is when a system is:
Doing something – e.g., heating oven, mixing
ingredients, accelerating engine,
Waiting for something to happen – Waiting for user to
enter password, waiting for sensor reading.

Eg:
power turned on power turned off power turned on
Time
Powered
Not powered
A state corresponds to the interval between two events received by an
object.
The state of an object depends on past events.

Basic UML Syntax
A state is drawn with a
round box, with three
compartments for
name
state variables (if any)
actions to be performed
Name
state variables
actions
sometimes
left out when
empty

Transitions
A transition is a relationship between two states indicating that an
object in the first state will enter the second state.
A transition is an instantaneous change from one state to another.
The transition is said to fire upon the change from the source state to
target state.
A guard condition must be true in order for a transition to occur.
A guard condition is checked only once, at the time the event occurs,
and the transition fires if the condition is true.

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Transition
A directed relationship between two states.
Contains five parts
 Source state - current state before transition fires.
 Event trigger - external stimulus that has the potential to
cause a transition to fire.
 Guard condition - a condition that must be satisfied before
a transition can fire.
 Target state - new state after transition fires.

Basic UML Syntax
A transition is drawn with
an arrow, possibly labeled
with
event causing the
transaction
guard condition
Action to perform
AnEvent [guard] / SomeAction

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Initial State
Idle
Final State
Running
Transition
State
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Billing Example
State Diagrams show the sequences of states an object goes through
during its life cycle in response to stimuli, together with its responses
and actions; an abstraction of all possible behaviors.
Start End
Unpaid
Paid
Invoice created paying Invoice destroying

event action, taken during
AddParticipant / Set count = 0
cancel seminar
transition
Setup
do/initialize seminar
Available
do/initialize seminar
[ count = 20 ]
Full
do/finalize seminar
guard
Canceled
do/refund payments
cancel seminar
multiple
exits
cancel
seminar
aktivity, carried out
while in that state

Actions
Action
is an executable atomic computation
includes operation calls, the creation or destruction of
another object, or the sending of a signal to an object
associated with transitions and during which an action is not
interruptible -- e.g., entry, exit

Predefined Action Labels
“entry/”
identifies an action, specified by the corresponding action expression,
which is performed upon entry to the state (entry action)
“exit/”
identifies an action, specified by the corresponding action expression,
that is performed upon exit from the state (exit action)
“do/”
identifies an ongoing activity (“do activity”) that is performed as long as
the modeled element is in the state or until the computation specified by
the action expression is completed (the latter may result in a completion
event being generated).
“include/”
is used to identify a submachine invocation. The action expression
contains the name of the submachine that is to be invoked.

State Diagrams notation
Initial state final state
paying
Unpaid Paid
Invoice
created
Invoice
destroyed
name
state
transition
event

Here’s a simple example SD for a
washing machine.
State
Transition
Condition
Action

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A condition is typically some kind of event,
e.g.:
•Signal
•Arrival of an object (data/material),
•Etc…
An action is the appropriate output or response
to the event, e.g.:
•Signal or message
•Transfer of an object,
•Calculation,
•Etc…
Condition
Action

State Diagrams (Traffic light example)
Traffic Light
Red
Yellow
Green
State
Transition
Event
Start

Transitions
event [guard] | action
xx yy
The event that
triggers the
transition
Conditions that
must be met for
the transition to
take place
The action that
takes place when
the transition is
taken

Initial and Final States
An example:
At Work go home At Home
go to work
die die

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Phone Example
digit dialed (n)
[incomplete]
connected
Dialing Connecting
busy
digit dialed (n)
digit dialed (n) [valid] / connect
[invalid]
Invalid
Ringing
Busy
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States of Garment (Garments system)
Garment
ordered
Material
ordered
Material
delivered
Marked out for
cutting
Sewn
Marked out for
sewing
Cut
Marked out for
finishing
Finished
Deleted

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State Diagrams
A state diagram describes the behaviour of a system,
some part of a system, or an individual object.
At any given point in time, the system or object is in a
certain state.
 Being in a state means that it is will behave in a specific way in
response to any events that occur.
Some events will cause the system to change state.
 In the new state, the system will behave in a different way to
events.
A state diagram is a directed graph where the nodes are
states and the arcs are transitions.

Using Microsoft Visio
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Visio can be used to draw UML diagrams
It is component of Microsoft Office

Using Microsoft Visio (continued)
Available Sets of Shapes in the UML Collection
Activity Diagrams
Collaboration Diagrams
Components
Deployment Diagrams
Sequence Diagrams
State Diagrams (Statecharts)
Static Structures (shown) – include Packages and Classes
Use Case Diagrams
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Using Microsoft Visio (concluded)
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UML symbols can be
displayed as icons with names
or icons with descriptions
Both forms of display for the
Use Case shape set are shown
Now, on to the demo!

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state
start state
stop state
transition from one state to
another
self-transition (no
change of state)
event [guard] / action transition label (each of the three
parts is optional)

The Inheritance Mechanism
Means of deriving new class from existing classes, called
base classes
Reuses existing code eliminating tedious, error prone task
of developing new code
Derived class developed from base by adding or altering
code

Multiple Inheritance
A derived class with several base classes is known as multiple inheritance
Multiple inheritance permits a class to have more than one super class and
to inherit features from all parents.
 We can mix information from 2 or more sources.
This is a more complicated from of generalization than single inheritance.
The advantage of multiple inheritance is greater power in specifying classes
and an increased opportunity for reuse.
The disadvantage is a loss of conceptual and implementation simplicity.

Credit Cards - Single Inheritance
Same basic features
Each is a little different

Voice Mail - Multiple Inheritance
Voice mail has features
of both mail and phone

What Is A Constraint
A condition or restriction (a Boolean expression) expressed in natural
language text or in a machine readable language for the purpose of declaring
some of the semantics of an element
Some are predefined in UML (“xor”), others may be user-defined
OCL (Object Constraint Language) is a predefined language for writing
constraints

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Constraints
These are functional relation between entities of an object
model.
Entity includes objects, classes, attributes, links and
associations.
A constraint restricts the values that entities can assume.
Simple constraints may be placed in object models and
complex may be in functional model.

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Employee
salary
boss
{ salary < = boss.salary }
Window
Length
width
{ 0.8 <= length / width < = 1.5 }
Constraints on objects

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