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I think i have a good handle on aggregation/composition. can someone
tell me if i am headed in the right direction with my analysis below:

We have the following objects:

Employee
EmployeeCollect ion
Hour
HourCollection
Infraction
InfractionColle ction
The hour class/infraction class cannot exist without an employee. the
collection classes hold multiple hours and infractions for each
employee. therefore i have created the following compositions:

Compositions:
Employee <#>------ HourCollection
Employee <#>------ InfractionColle ction

Binary associations:
Employee ---- EmployeeCollect ion
Hour ---- HourCollection
Infraction ---- InfractionColle ction

From what i understand I would use aggregations if a class does not
belong to another class and can belong to many classes. I don't think
i have this scenario in any of my classes above.

Am i on the right track here?
Jul 21 '05 #1
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