To effectively use Unified Modeling Language when developing Java applications, developers must have a thorough understanding of the UML elements and how these elements map to Java. To effectively use ...

Editor's Note: This article is excerpted from Chapter 12, "Class Designer," of Jeff Levinson and David Nelson's book, Pro Visual Studio 2005 Team System, with permission from Apress [2005, ISBN: ...

Unified Modeling Language (UML) represents a logical view of your application. This is distinct from the physical view represented by the Class Diagrams available in all SKUs of Visual Studio.

Classes and objects in Java must be initialized before they are used. You’ve previously learned that class fields are initialized to default values when classes are loaded, and that objects are ...