DEV475 Mastering Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with UML ...

DEV475 Mastering Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with UMLDescribe Attributes and AssociationsUse-Case Analysis Steps• Supplement the Use-Case Descriptions• For each Use-Case Realization• Find Classes from Use-Case Behavior• Distribute Use-Case Behavior to Classes• For each resulting analysis class• Describe Responsibilities• Describe Attributes and Associations• Qualify Analysis Mechanisms• Unify Analysis Classes• CheckpointsMastering Object Oriented Analysis and Design with UMLCopyright © 2003 Rational Software, all rights reserved 40Now that we have defined the analysis classes and their responsibilities, and have anunderstanding of how they need to collaborate, we can continue our documentationof the analysis classes by describing their attributes and associations.The purpose of Describe Attributes and Operations is to:• Identify the other classes on which the analysis class depends.• Define the events in other analysis classes that the class must know about.• Define the information that the analysis class is responsible for maintaining.6 - 40