[Uml-user] Methods Without Homes

[Jens Krüger]

Am Dienstag, 19. November 2002 15:17 schrieb Jean Vittor:
> Jens Krüger wrote:
> >I think, it is not a good idea to put methods without classes in a class
> >diagram. From my point of view it would be better to use other mechanisms
> > of the UML to display the functionality of the methods. It may be that
> > you can show the functionality of these methods inside a sequence, state,
> > activity or collaboration diagram.
>
> It can be useful.
>
> >UML was not designed for writing and storing some code
> >inside.
>

Yes, I am. But there were some extensions added (UML 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 
..., the development goes further) to do this. And it is no question, that it 
is very useful.

> Are you sure? UML provides annotation mechanisms that allow to store
> some code.
>
> >It is more a language for describing aspects of the software, which
> >uses an object oriented design (A lot of tools handling the uml, support
> > the import of code to simplify the development process, but this does not
> > belong to the UML).
>

Of course, see above. It makes no sense to support the generation and import 
of code without storing this.

> Yes it does. It does not belong to UML semantics but it can be stored in
> a strictly UML-compliant tool.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jean
>
>
>
>
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