If modeling projects aren't available, check that you have the Ultimate version. Create a new UML Class Diagram and drag classes, interfaces and enumerations from the toolbox, as shown in Figure 1. To ...

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.

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.