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aggregation relationship

Posted by saqer on October 30, 2001 at 10:20 AM

> paraphrased from UML Distilled:

> Aggregation is the "part-whole" relationship.

> Composition is a stronger form of aggregation: the "part" can only be contained by one "whole", and when the "whole" is deleted, all the parts are deleted. In aggregation, the part may live independently from their containing object.

> I can't say I particularly like the words chosen to make this distinction. Nor am I sure why the distinction is important enough to make us all confused as to which is which.