An object-oriented analysis technique based on the unified modeling language

Abstract

This article proposes an object-oriented analysis (OOA) technique based on the unified modeling language (UML), The technique emphasizes its OOA process, that is composed of the following activities: requirement capturing, specification component identification, and specification representation. During requirement capturing, several function-viewed notations are used, including context diagram of the structured analysis (SB) technique, and use case diagrams and activity diagrams of the UML. During specification component identification, a systematic procedure is provided to identify class and their attributes from data, and to identify class operations from CRC (class, responsibility, collaborator) cards. And, during specification representation, most notations used are from UML.