Examining structures and relationships of Java applications by using UML class diagrams

In UML visualization, you can use Unified Modeling Language (UML) class diagrams to examine the structure and relationships for Java classes and interfaces in Java applications.

A class diagram depicts some or all the classes and interfaces in an application. You can create your own context to examine and understand an application by using a subset of the classes and interfaces.

Customizing the Java visual design tool
In UML visualization, you can configure default settings for Java Unified Modeling Language (UML) visual examination and design.

Creating UML class diagrams
In UML visualization, you can create new Unified Modeling Language (UML) class diagrams and populate them with Java classes and interfaces to examine structures and relationships of Java applications.

Populating class diagrams
In UML visualization, you can populate existing class diagrams by adding Java elements to diagrams and by showing Java elements that are related to each other by specific types of relationships.

Managing relationships between Java elements
In UML visualization, you can create relationships between Java elements and show or hide existing relationships.

Generating Javadoc HTML documentation with diagram images
In UML visualization, you can generate Javadoc HTML documentation with UML topic diagram images to provide more information about the source code.

 

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Examining and designing Java applications by using UML diagrams

 

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About UML class diagrams
Class diagrams

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UML modeling best practices