Standards: Dependencies Diagram

Class Diagram	The Dependencies Diagram shows the other packages that the package is dependent on.
Related Information:	Standards: Connections Diagram Standards: Dependencies / Connections Diagram RUP Guidelines: Class Diagram

Topics

• Background
• Examples

Background 

A class diagram showing the other packages the package depends on:

• this diagram is not required if the package does not depend on any other packages
• this diagram is often combined with Connections Diagram (See Standards: Connections Diagram) to produce a single overview showing both the package and class / interface dependencies (See Standards: Dependencies / Connections Diagram). 

Examples 

The dependencies diagram for the Accounts  <<subsystem>>

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