Slice

I (Chamond Liu) think of the design of a complex application as a misshapen multidimensional blob. There is no simple formula for describing or understanding the blob; all one can do is slice it in different ways and examine the cross-sections to get an idea of its Structure. The most familiar slices are static; they are usually class diagrams that show responsi­bilities, plus inheritance and aggregation and other relationships. dmx

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