object identification

[thmm]

Hi,

Does anybody knows any article or document to outline the object identification mechanism?

Makis

[JourneymanDave]

Makis, can you say more about what you're looking for, and perhaps I can offer some assistance.  Are you trying to uniquely identify an object instance at runtime, or is this something else that I didn't get the underlying meaning for?

[thmm]

I have already build the use cases and activity diagrams of my project.  Now i want to build the class and sequence diagrams. I want to find a clever and easy way to map my use cases into classes

I hope to explain it!!

[thomaskilian]

Maybe you could look out for the ICONIX-CD purchased here. The way is rather smart and to my knowledge the shortest way from use case to code. But be prepared: delivery time is something around 3 weeks

[jaimeglz]

Hi,

We've had some modest discussion on this topic in this forum:

http://www.sparxsystems.com.au/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=general;action=display;num=1041954502;start=8#8

Not a full article on object identification, but I hope it helps.

Jaime

[JourneymanDave]

Makis, the way I read your response it sounds like you're currently dealing with what always seems like the hardest part.  I'd agree that ICONIX is a pretty good approach to figuring this out.  It's about the only documented approach I've seen that specifically addresses this.  Since it's a process, and EA is a process-neutral tool, this makes a good combination.

ICONIX is a larger topic than can be adequately discussed in this forum, but they basically advocate the use of Robustness diagrams (see Analysis in EA's toolbox, particularly the Boundary, Control and Entity tools) as the bridge between Use Cases and the next steps.  One of the premises is that it helps you "discover" the objects in play for each Use Case, at a high level.

In addition to the ICONIX CD for EA, which I haven't personally used, there are several other resources for ICONIX:  www.iconixsw.com probably being the next one I'd try.