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Anoshan Nithiyananthan
Anoshan Nithiyananthan

Reputation: 35

How to model an enumeration class?

An attribute of a class is an enumeration. How do i model this?

Normally you do something like this: - name : string

But how to do this with an enum? , what is the standard uml representation of enum ?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 347

Answers (1)

Shamse Alam
Shamse Alam

Reputation: 1315

An enumeration is a data type whose values are enumerated in the model as user-defined enumeration literals.

An enumeration may be shown using the classifier notation (a rectangle) with the keyword «enumeration». The name of the enumeration is placed in the upper compartment. A compartment listing the attributes for the enumeration is placed below the name compartment. A compartment listing the operations for the enumeration is placed below the attribute compartment.

A list of enumeration literals may be placed, one to a line, in the bottom compartment. The attributes and operations compartments may be suppressed, and typically are suppressed if they would be empty.

Example

 _____________________
|   <<enumeration>>   |
|    DaysOfTheWeek    |
|_____________________|
| Sunday              |
| Monday              |
| Tuesday             |
| ...                 |
|_____________________|

Such an enumeration can be used as a datatype for attributes and parameters. So your attribute would be shown as

- Day : DaysOfTheWeek

Upvotes: 6

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