The Structure of a Class Diagram
A class diagram is constructed of three different parts: the class name, the attributes, and the methods (constructors are considered methods). The class diagram is essentially a rectangle that separates these three parts with horizontal lines. The book often uses a cabbie metaphor as an illustration. Figure 10.1 shows the UML class diagram representing this class.
Figure 10.1. A UML diagram of the Cabbie class.
This UML diagram corresponds exactly to the following Java code:
/* This class defines a cabbie and assigns a cab */ public class Cabbie { // Place the name of the company here private static String companyName ...Get Object-Oriented Thought Process, The, Second Edition now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
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