To use or not to use Association Class

[Jeevan Sunkersett]

For part2 of the SCEA I am drawing the class diagram.

I am confused; when shud one use/ not-use an Association Class
when showing an asscociation between 2 classes.

Could some body provide a clear example (maybe code) to make it clear?

UML tools allow a line to be drawn between the classes
(with or without arrows; to indicate direction)
One end of the line can be diamond (filled for composition and unfilled for aggregations)

~g1

[Cameron Wallace McKenzie]

I don't explicity define the association class, but imply it through the association link in the class diagram. The actual object type used for the code becomes an low-level implementation detail that I could care less about.

-Cameron McKenzie