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Diff types of associations

 
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HI All
Do you know some good tutorial on UML diagram like when to use dased line , when to use solid line. What is the difference between different types of associations like aggregation, compositions and others both from conceptual and coding point of view.

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Aggregation is the part-of relationship. It is like Car has Wheel (s) as its part.
So if you consider two objects Car and Wheel, then we can say Car aggregates Wheel (s). Also the Wheel object can also be a part of another object say Lorry.
So the part (Wheel) is can be binded to n whole (Car, Lorry) objects and the "part" can exist with out the "Whole".

Composition is a kind of association used to model the whole-part relationships between things. In this case the "part" cannot exist without the "whole" usually the "parts" are expected to live and die with the "whole". Any deletion of the "whole" is considered to cascade to the "parts".
 
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Take a look at http://faq.javaranch.com/view?UmlFaq and http://faq.javaranch.com/view?OoDesignFaq
 
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I have a fair bit of advice at UML Class Diagram Guidelines which you may find useful for determining which to use.

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