Course Template

UML for Advanced Users – Abstract Structures and Complex Relationships

Learn Inheritance with Java: Models, Methods, Buses with Passengers, Abstract Classes.

Kategorie: UML / Modeling Languages: Python, Java, Ruby Components: 3

Includes teaching materials: PowerPoint slides and instructor's handout

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Didaktische Zielsetzung

Didactic Objective

Competence focuses

Creation and use of abstract base classes to structure class hierarchies
Derivation of specialized classes for implementing inheritance relationships
Modeling the classes Auto, Fahrrad, and Bus with common attributes and methods
Integration of passenger objects into a Bus class as an example of object relationships
Development and implementation of methods such as drive() and stop()
Implementation of composition and n:m-relationships in the Online Shop model
Modeling self-references and association classes in the context of social networks

Structure of modules

Vehicles and inheritance

This module introduces modeling abstract classes and their inheritance, and illustrates the implementation of object-oriented relationships using a vehicle model.

30 minutes 🧩 5 tasks

Online Shop modeling and implementation

This module deals with the modeling of complex class relationships such as composition and n:m-association at the example of an online shop system.

60 minutes 🧩 4 tasks

Modeling a social network

This module focuses on modeling self-references and association classes within a simplified social network.

60 minutes 🧩 4 tasks

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Contents at a Glance

Module	Focus	Duration
Vehicles and Inheritance	Abstract Base Class Vehicle, Inheritance of Car/Bike/Bus, Bus with Passengers, Methods Drive/Stop	0 minute
Online Shop Modeling and Implementation	Online Shop with Customer, Order, Article, Order Position, and optional Payment; UML Modeling and Implementation	60 min
Model Social Network	User, Post, Comment, and Friendship; Self-Relation through Association Class	60 min

This template supports the structured modeling of object-oriented systems and leads step by step to the implementation of complex relationships in Java.

The clearly defined modules enable transparent planning and promote connectivity within existing lesson series on object-oriented modeling.

Test the template in the demo access and adapt the included modules specifically to your teaching situation.