Re: class diagram question

From: Roger L. Cauvin (roger_at_deadspam.com)
Date: 12/20/03

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    "Passero" <yanongena@pandora.be> wrote in message
    news:DPBEb.85742$MA1.3535967@phobos.telenet-ops.be...
    > When i have a class that uses a static method of another class,
    > do i have to draw a link between those classes in my class
    > diagram or do I only need to draw the link when i'm using an
    > instance of a class in my class?

    You don't have to show the relationship in either case. If you choose to
    show a relationship, UML 1.5 would have you draw a dashed line to indicate a
    dependency (whether the method is static or not).

    > Is it the same when i parse an object of another class as a
    > parameter but still don't use it as an atribute?

    Yes.

    > In java it would be something like this:
    >
    > public void myFunction()
    > {
    > Myclass.doMethod(aClassOfMine)
    > }
    >
    > aClassOfMine is an instance of a self-written class and MyClass is
    > another class. In MyClass i only use aClassOfMine in the method
    > doMethod so do i have to draw a link between the class that calls
    > doMehod and MyClass

    Again, you don't have to show the relation, but the relation is dependency
    (according to UML 1.5).

    > and do i also have to draw a link between MyClass and
    > ClassOfMine ?

     Same answer. 

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Roger L. Cauvin
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