UML Class Relationships

Question

I would like to confirm whether I am on the right track when identifying common UML class relationships. For example, is the relationship between:

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Answer 1

The best book for UML is Martin Fowler's "UML Distilled". It's in its third edition, so it's stood the test of time. It has the rare virtue of being packed with good information and remaining thin.

It has a good discussion of aggregation versus association.

Martin Fowler also has some good thoughts about the different UML camps: MDA versus "sketchers". I'm firmly in the sketchers camp: don't get too hung up treating UML as if it produced engineering drawings. It's a communication device, nothing more.