The title says it all. Repeated here: What's the best way to represent a networked connection in a UML class diagram?
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UML class diagrams are not appropriate to describe a topological notion as a "network"; they are better suited for hierarchies and interdependencies between objects. Or are you talking about a Connection class?
Manrico Corazzi
2009-04-01 13:08:13
Ok, they're gone :)
Jack BeNimble
2009-04-01 13:35:01
:)Many design tools (like Microsoft Visio) have a separate "palette" of objects for networks, if that's what you are looking for. Read Justin Niessner answer, also, for a "pure" UML approach in depicting the communications between the components of your application.
Manrico Corazzi
2009-04-01 13:37:48
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The Class Diagram is the wrong place to be trying to show network connections. A Class diagram will show only the classes in your software and how they relate to each other. You should use a Deployment Diagram to show how the elements of your software are going deployed across the network.
You could also include a Communication Diagram to show how the different parts of the software communicate with each other without regard to the deployment model.
Justin Niessner
2009-04-01 13:11:28