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UML Distilled Second Edition A Brief Guide to the Standard Object Modeling Language

UML Distilled

Second Edition

A Brief Guide to the Standard Object Modelling Language

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Fowler, Martin.

UML distilled: a brief guide to the standard object modeling language/Martin Fowler with Kendall Scott.-2nd ed.

p. cm.-(Object technology series)

Includes biographical references and index.

(alk. paper)

1. Object-oriented methods (Computer science)

2. Computer software ”development.

3. UML (Computer science)

I. Scott, Kendall.

II. Title.

III. Series.

QA76.9.035F694 1999

005.1'2-dc21 99-33476

CIP

Copyright 2000 by Addison-Wesley

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