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Explain relationship with its different types.
Relationship:
- A relationship describes how different parts of a system relate to each other.
- It’s a way to visually represent the connections and dependencies between elements in a model.
- They provide a clear understanding of how various components in a system work together.
- Relationships help in representing the structure and behavior of a system in a more comprehensive way.
Types of Relationship:
- Dependency Notation:
- What it does: Describes which elements in a UML model depend on each other.
- Representation: Shown with a dotted arrow.
- Arrow Head: Points to the element that is independent.
- Use: Indicates a connection between two elements in a system.
- Association Notation:
- What it does: Describes how elements in a UML diagram are associated or connected.
- Representation: Shown with a dotted line, possibly with arrows on both ends.
- Ends of Line: Represent the associated elements.
- Multiplicity: Indicates how many objects are connected (e.g., 1, *, etc.).
- Generalization Notation:
- What it does: Describes the inheritance relationship in an object-oriented world (parent and child relationship).
- Representation: Shown with an arrow having a hollow arrowhead.
- Ends of Arrow: Represent the parent and child elements.
- Extensibility Notation:
- What it does: Enhances the capabilities of the UML language by allowing extensions in syntax, semantics, etc.
- Mechanisms: Uses stereotypes (for new elements), tagged values (for new attributes), and constraints (for boundaries).
- Use: Enables the language to adapt and extend its functionality.