UML representation of PHP trait

Question

I\'m creating projects with Symfony2/Doctrine and try to implement traits. So far no problem on small tryouts, but I usually do UML class and sequence diagrams before deep i

Answer 1

As I see it a PHP trait is nothing else than a protocol definition you find in other languages. The protocol is some functional extension to the class. You would usually model that with an interface (the Trait) and the class using it where you draw a <> relation from the class to the Trait.