Contents


Chapter 1
Introduction
Raising the Level of Abstraction • Executable UML • Making UML Executable • Model Compilers • Model-Driven Architecture
Chapter 2
Using Executable UML
The System Model • Modeling a Single Domain • Verification and Execution • The Big Picture
Chapter 3
Domains and Bridges
Domains • Domains and Requirements • Bridges • Aspects and Join Points • Domains and Aspects
Chapter 4
Use Cases
Basics of Use Cases • Working with Use Cases • Activity Diagrams • Formalizing Use Cases • Scenarios and Testing
Chapter 5
Classes and Attributes
Classes • Attributes • Attribute Data Types • Documenting Classes and Attributes • Checking Classes and Attributes • Rules, Rules, Rules
Chapter 6
Relationships and Associations
Associations • Association Descriptions • Checking Associations • Association Classes • Generalization and Specialization • Reflexive Associations • The Class Model
Chapter 7
Class Actions
Object and Attribute Actions • Selection Expressions • Link Actions • Link Object Actions • Generalization Hierarchies • Other Action Languages
Chapter 8
Constraints
Unique Instance Constraints • Derived Attributes • Referential Constraints • Association Loops • Constraints Capture Semantics
Chapter 9
Lifecycles
Concept of a Lifecycle • State Machine • State Transition Table • Creating and Deleting Objects Forming Lifecycles • Lifecycles for Classes
Chapter 10
Communicating Objects
Signals • Creating and Deleting Objects • Visualizing Domain Dynamics • Domain Dynamics
Chapter 11
Synchronizing Objects
How to Think About Time • Rules about Signals • Rules about Procedures • Rules about Data Access • Delayed Signals and Time Events • Rules, Rules, Rules
Chapter 12
Using Lifecycles
Statechart Diagram Construction Techniques • Reworking the Class Diagram
Chapter 13
Relationship Dynamics
Dynamically Simple Associations • Associations Involving Competition • Dynamics in Generalization Hierarchies Polymorphic Events and Polymorphic Signals • Reclassification
Chapter 14
Domain Dynamics
Partitioning Control • Control Strategies • Delegation of Control • Input Conditioning • Distributed Dynamics
Chapter 15
Domain Verification
Finding Unit Tests for a Single Use Case • Test Execution • System Tests • Finding Test Cases from the Models • The Verification Gap
Chapter 16
Model Management
Dividing Large Domains • Subsystems and the Class Diagram • Collaborations between Subsystems • Adjusting Subsystem Partitioning • Model Management
Chapter 17
Joining Multiple Domains
Kinds of Domains • Anonymous Explicit Bridges • Implicit Bridges with Join Points • Bridging to the Model Compiler
Chapter 18
Model Compilers
Completing the Models • Model Compilers and the Software Platform • Fit • Buying, Modifying, and Building a Model Compiler • Modeling the Model Compiler as a Domain

Copyright © 2002 Stephen J. Mellor and Marc J. Balcer.
Page Generated 7/21/2002. Questions? E-mail webmaster@executableumlbook.com.