UML (二) ：Use Case Diagram

Four different elements of Use Case diagram

• Systems: A system is whatever you’re developing, such as: a website, a software component, a business process, a app, and etc. You can represent a system with a rectangle which help define the scope of this system, and put the name of the system at the top.
• Actors: An actor which is depicted by a stick figure, is going to be someone or something that uses our system to achieve a goal. That could be a person, an organization, another system, or an external device.
  • Primary Actors: A primary actor initiates the use of the system, should be to the left of the system.
  • Secondary Actors: A secondary actor is more reactionary, should be to the right of the system.
• Use Case: A use case is depicted with this oval shape and it represents an action that accomplishes some sort of task within the system.
• Relationships:
  • association: a solid line signifies a basic communication or interaction
  • include: a dashed line with an arrow that points towards the included use case, every time the base use case is executed, the included use case is executed as well
  • extend: a dashed line with an arrow that points towards the base use case,the extend use case will only happen if certain criteria are met.
  • generalization: solid line with an triangle from the children up to the parent
  • a use case with extension point: just a detailed version of extend relationship

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