Contributed and maintained by Cindy Castillo, Bob May
November 2007 [Revision number: V1-4]
This publication is applicable to NetBeans IDE 6.0 and 6.1 releases
In this tutorial, you learn how to use the UML features of the IDE to create a simple UML Use Case diagram. Using the Use Case diagram model, you show the relationship among actors and use cases within an application. The Use Case diagram that you create tracks various functions and those who interact with the functions within a theoretical banking application.
A Use Case diagram is useful when you are describing requirements for a system in the analysis, design, implementation and documentation stages. The purpose of this tutorial is to introduce the IDE's UML Use Case diagram, not to teach you about UML concepts or the Java programming language.