Chapter 3. Documenting an Architecture
The current industry standard for visual modeling is the Unified Modeling Language (UML). This chapter starts with an overview of the building blocks of UML, continues with a description of the common mechanisms in UML and then finishes with examples of the different types of UML diagrams along with an explanation of how to interpret these diagrams. By the end of this chapter you will know how to draw and interpret UML diagrams.
After completing this chapter, you will be able to meet the following J2EE Architect exam objectives:
Explain how to draw UML diagrams to define the system architecture.
Explain how to interpret UML diagrams.
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