Collaboration diagram- UML diagram

Descriptive slides for the Collaboration Diagrams in UML

1. Duration: 3hrs
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RamakantSoni
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Computer Science
B K Birla Institute of Engineering & Technology, Pilani, India
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2. Collaboration Diagram Definition
CollaborationDiagramscapturesdynamicbehaviorof
theobjectsinthesystem(message-oriented).
Theyareveryusefulforvisualizingtherelationship
betweenobjectscollaboratingtoperformaparticular
task.
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Their purpose is to:
Model flow of control
Illustrate coordination of object structure and control

3. Collaboration Diagram Elements
There are three primary elements of a collaboration
diagram:
1.Objects
2.Links
3.Messages
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3.Messages

4. What it represents?
Collaboration Diagrams illustrate object interactions in a graph or
network format.
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5. Notations used for Collaboration Diagrams
Toshowaninstanceofaclass,the
regularclassboxgraphicsymbolis
used,butthenameisunderlined.
Additionallyaclassnameshouldbe
precededbyacolon.
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Aninstancenamecanbeusedto
uniquelyidentifytheinstance.

6. Links, Messages and Return Value
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7. “Self” Messages
Amessagecanbesentfromanobjecttoitself.
Thisisillustratedbyalinktoitself,withmessagesflowingalongthelink.
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8. Conditional Messages
Aconditionalmessageisshownbyfollowingasequencenumberwith
aconditionalclauseinsquarebrackets,similartotheiterationclause.
Themessageissentonlyiftheclauseevaluatestotrue.
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9. Iteration or Looping
Iterationisindicatedbyfollowingthe
sequencenumberwithastar(*).
Thisexpressesthatthemessageisbeing
sentrepeatedly,inaloop,tothe
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sentrepeatedly,inaloop,tothe
receiver.
Itisalsopossibletoincludeaniteration
clauseindicatingtherecurrencevalues.

10. Representing Collections (Multiobject)
Amultiobjectisasetofinstances.
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11. EX1: Collaboration Diagram
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Class diagram for : Make a phone call

12. EX1: Sequence to Collaboration Diagram
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Process for : Make a phone call

13. EX1: Sequence to Collaboration Diagram
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Collaboration diagram for : Make a phone call

14. EX2: Sequence to Collaboration Diagram
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Sequence diagram for : change Airline itineraries

15. EX2: Sequence to Collaboration Diagram
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Collaboration diagram for : change Airline itineraries

16. EX3: Sequence to Collaboration Diagram
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Sequence diagram for : hotel reservation

17. EX3: Sequence to Collaboration Diagram
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Collaboration diagram for : hotel reservation

18. References:
[1] http://www.uml-diagrams.org/
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collaboration_diagram
[3] http://www.uml-diagrams.org/Collaboration-diagrams-examples.html
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