The UML community has begun to define a series of 'profiles' which better suit the needs of UML-users within specific domains, settings or technologies.
The UML Profile for Framework Architectures provides a UML profile for object and component frameworks. It shows how to describe framework architectures and to support framework modeling and annotation by using UML-compliant extensions.
If you are a software developer, project manager, researcher or student interested in design patterns, framework technology or UML, this book is essential reading. It will enable you
Understand the basic elements of the UML-F profile and to harness UML to support framework development more effectively. Define UML-F tags for domain-specific design patterns. Learn a real-world approach for framework design, development and adaptation, through practical hints and guidelines. Apply UML-F, illustrated by the sample framework JUnit and a framework for embedded control system.
Real-world case studies, introducing eXtreme Design concepts and how to put the process you have learned to work. Cookbook of generic 'recipes' that guide you through the framework adaptation process and help you accomplish specific tasks. Accompanying website containing Java source code for all the examples described in the book, additional examples, complementary papers and UML-F presentation slides.