How to Represent the Architecture of Your Enterprise Application Using UML 2.0 and More
TS-4619

Have you ever been confused by an arrow in a box-and-line design diagram? Do you use UML in your software architecture? Have you ever wondered where the line is between architecture and detailed design? If your answer to any of these questions is yes, then this tutorial has practical and valuable information for you. It addresses the questions How should you represent an architecture so that others can successfully use it, maintain it, and build a system from it? and What kind of system? The session focuses on the architecture of an application based on Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE), but the concepts can be applied to any software system. It works through examples of existing Java EE platform-based applications.

Important takeaways from this tutorial include architecture consisting of multiple views; what views you should use to evaluate performance, reliability, scalability, modifiability, and other qualities; how you can use UML 2.0 in each view and when other notations work better; and guidelines to make your architecture documentation more effective. Prerequisites: familiarity with basic UML and willingness to discuss and learn more about software architecture.

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