In our third installment on UML we'll show you how to use sequence diagrams as a tool in your application development and an understanding of object interaction.

(Click to see larger image) These two screenshots show a simple prototype of a conference management system created in one afternoon by a group of Java developers at OT2002. The upper diagram shows a ...

To effectively use Unified Modeling Language when developing Java applications, developers must have a thorough understanding of the UML elements and how these elements map to Java.