Class UML 2.3::Dependency
Description:
A dependency is a relationship that signifies that a single or a set of model elements requires other model elements for their specification or implementation. This means that the complete semantics of the depending elements is either semantically or structurally dependent on the definition of the supplier element(s).Direct Superclasses: PackageableElement, DirectedRelationshipDirect Subclasses: Usage, Deployment, AbstractionClass Precedence List: Dependency, PackageableElement, ParameterableElement, NamedElement, DirectedRelationship, Relationship, ElementProperties:
client : NamedElement (1 *); -- source Dependency
supplier : NamedElement (1 *); -- source Dependency The element(s) independent of the client element(s), in the same respect
and the same dependency relationship. In some directed dependency relationships
(such as Refinement Abstractions), a common convention in the domain of
class-based OO software is to put the more abstract element in this role.
Despite this convention, users of UML may stipulate a sense of dependency
suitable for their domain, which makes a more abstract element dependent
on that which is more specific.Subsets: DirectedRelationship.target
visibility : VisibilityKind (1 1); -- source PackageableElement owningTemplateParameter : TemplateParameter (0 1); -- source ParameterableElement templateParameter : TemplateParameter (0 1); -- source ParameterableElement clientDependency : Dependency (0 *); -- source NamedElement name : String (0 1); -- source NamedElement nameExpression : StringExpression (0 1); -- source NamedElement namespace : Namespace (0 1); -- source NamedElement qualifiedName : String (0 1); -- source NamedElement source : Element (1 *); -- source DirectedRelationship target : Element (1 *); -- source DirectedRelationship relatedElement : Element (1 *); -- source Relationship ownedComment : Comment (0 *); -- source Element ownedElement : Element (0 *); -- source Element owner : Element (0 1); -- source ElementConstraints:
No additional constraints.Operations:
No additional operations.Send questions or comments to [email protected].