Component Modeling of J2EE Technologies

A component diagram is primarily composed of UML components. In this context, however, the term component is slightly broader than the term commonly used in the software industry, as a UML component can be a source code component, a binary component, an executable component, or even a text file.

A component diagram provides a static view of the components and their relationships. Components on a component diagram may exist throughout development or may come into being after compilation, linking, and so on.

Stereotypes are used to distinguish between the different kinds of Java components on a component diagram:

  • A Java class file (.class file extension) is represented by specializing the standard UML stereotype ...

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