Section 12.8. What s Next?

12.8. What's Next?

Now that you know how to model the components in your system, you may want to look at how your components are deployed to hardware in deployment diagrams. Deployment diagrams are covered in Chapter 15.

There is heavy overlap between certain topics in component diagrams and composite structures. The ability to have ports and internal structure is defined for classes in composite structures. Components inherit this capability and introduce some of their own features, such as delegation and assembly connectors. Refer back to Chapter 11 to refresh your memory about a class's internal structure and ports.