How do I denote a pure virtual function in a UML class diagram?












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I am a student learning C++. I am creating a UML class diagram for my program that involves inheritance and abstract / concrete classes, but I'm not too sure how I would denote a pure virtual function. Any help is appreciated, thank you!










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          The UML standard does indicate that a behavioral feature (e.g. a method/operation) can have its property isAbstract set to indicate that it is abstract and has no implementation. There is however nothing about how this should be shown in the diagram.



          According to uml-diagrams.org and other sources, in older UML versions (1.4.x), an abstract operation was shown with a name in italic or with a textual {abstract} marker following its name. The italic convention was widely used (See also here).



          The current UML doesn't use anymore use italic and does not indicate how to represent the isAbstract property. Nevertheless, the {abstract} marker should still be valid.






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          • P. 99 of UML 2.5: The name of an abstract Classifier is shown in italics, where permitted by the font in use
            – Thomas Kilian
            Nov 12 at 23:31










          • @ThomasKilian yes, but this applies only to classifiers not to operations. It's very different from the 1.4 standard, where it is explicitly said "If this class does not implement the operation; that is, does not supply a method, then the operation may be marked as “{abstract}” or the operation signature may be italicized to indicate that it is abstract." (page 3-46).
            – Christophe
            Nov 12 at 23:48










          • @ThomasKilian the notation of Behavioral Features and of Operations do not mention anymore italic notation (but still underlined for static). But both use the { property... } notation (even if abstract is not explicitly mentioned p108-109 + 116). I agree however with you in that I wouldn't be shocked by an italic, since it was so heavily used in the past (including pre-UML notations, e.g. in GoF).
            – Christophe
            Nov 13 at 0:07










          • Since both Italic as {abstract} are only indicated in relation to Classifiers, you could maybe update your answer. It currently states that {abstract} should be valid, and there is no indication in the specs that says that it is more valid than italics.
            – Geert Bellekens
            Nov 13 at 7:33






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          The UML standard does indicate that a behavioral feature (e.g. a method/operation) can have its property isAbstract set to indicate that it is abstract and has no implementation. There is however nothing about how this should be shown in the diagram.



          According to uml-diagrams.org and other sources, in older UML versions (1.4.x), an abstract operation was shown with a name in italic or with a textual {abstract} marker following its name. The italic convention was widely used (See also here).



          The current UML doesn't use anymore use italic and does not indicate how to represent the isAbstract property. Nevertheless, the {abstract} marker should still be valid.






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          • P. 99 of UML 2.5: The name of an abstract Classifier is shown in italics, where permitted by the font in use
            – Thomas Kilian
            Nov 12 at 23:31










          • @ThomasKilian yes, but this applies only to classifiers not to operations. It's very different from the 1.4 standard, where it is explicitly said "If this class does not implement the operation; that is, does not supply a method, then the operation may be marked as “{abstract}” or the operation signature may be italicized to indicate that it is abstract." (page 3-46).
            – Christophe
            Nov 12 at 23:48










          • @ThomasKilian the notation of Behavioral Features and of Operations do not mention anymore italic notation (but still underlined for static). But both use the { property... } notation (even if abstract is not explicitly mentioned p108-109 + 116). I agree however with you in that I wouldn't be shocked by an italic, since it was so heavily used in the past (including pre-UML notations, e.g. in GoF).
            – Christophe
            Nov 13 at 0:07










          • Since both Italic as {abstract} are only indicated in relation to Classifiers, you could maybe update your answer. It currently states that {abstract} should be valid, and there is no indication in the specs that says that it is more valid than italics.
            – Geert Bellekens
            Nov 13 at 7:33






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            I guess the comments above are good enough. Nothing is perfect, even specifications.
            – Thomas Kilian
            Nov 13 at 9:04
















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          The UML standard does indicate that a behavioral feature (e.g. a method/operation) can have its property isAbstract set to indicate that it is abstract and has no implementation. There is however nothing about how this should be shown in the diagram.



          According to uml-diagrams.org and other sources, in older UML versions (1.4.x), an abstract operation was shown with a name in italic or with a textual {abstract} marker following its name. The italic convention was widely used (See also here).



          The current UML doesn't use anymore use italic and does not indicate how to represent the isAbstract property. Nevertheless, the {abstract} marker should still be valid.






          share|improve this answer























          • P. 99 of UML 2.5: The name of an abstract Classifier is shown in italics, where permitted by the font in use
            – Thomas Kilian
            Nov 12 at 23:31










          • @ThomasKilian yes, but this applies only to classifiers not to operations. It's very different from the 1.4 standard, where it is explicitly said "If this class does not implement the operation; that is, does not supply a method, then the operation may be marked as “{abstract}” or the operation signature may be italicized to indicate that it is abstract." (page 3-46).
            – Christophe
            Nov 12 at 23:48










          • @ThomasKilian the notation of Behavioral Features and of Operations do not mention anymore italic notation (but still underlined for static). But both use the { property... } notation (even if abstract is not explicitly mentioned p108-109 + 116). I agree however with you in that I wouldn't be shocked by an italic, since it was so heavily used in the past (including pre-UML notations, e.g. in GoF).
            – Christophe
            Nov 13 at 0:07










          • Since both Italic as {abstract} are only indicated in relation to Classifiers, you could maybe update your answer. It currently states that {abstract} should be valid, and there is no indication in the specs that says that it is more valid than italics.
            – Geert Bellekens
            Nov 13 at 7:33






          • 1




            I guess the comments above are good enough. Nothing is perfect, even specifications.
            – Thomas Kilian
            Nov 13 at 9:04














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          The UML standard does indicate that a behavioral feature (e.g. a method/operation) can have its property isAbstract set to indicate that it is abstract and has no implementation. There is however nothing about how this should be shown in the diagram.



          According to uml-diagrams.org and other sources, in older UML versions (1.4.x), an abstract operation was shown with a name in italic or with a textual {abstract} marker following its name. The italic convention was widely used (See also here).



          The current UML doesn't use anymore use italic and does not indicate how to represent the isAbstract property. Nevertheless, the {abstract} marker should still be valid.






          share|improve this answer














          The UML standard does indicate that a behavioral feature (e.g. a method/operation) can have its property isAbstract set to indicate that it is abstract and has no implementation. There is however nothing about how this should be shown in the diagram.



          According to uml-diagrams.org and other sources, in older UML versions (1.4.x), an abstract operation was shown with a name in italic or with a textual {abstract} marker following its name. The italic convention was widely used (See also here).



          The current UML doesn't use anymore use italic and does not indicate how to represent the isAbstract property. Nevertheless, the {abstract} marker should still be valid.







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          • P. 99 of UML 2.5: The name of an abstract Classifier is shown in italics, where permitted by the font in use
            – Thomas Kilian
            Nov 12 at 23:31










          • @ThomasKilian yes, but this applies only to classifiers not to operations. It's very different from the 1.4 standard, where it is explicitly said "If this class does not implement the operation; that is, does not supply a method, then the operation may be marked as “{abstract}” or the operation signature may be italicized to indicate that it is abstract." (page 3-46).
            – Christophe
            Nov 12 at 23:48










          • @ThomasKilian the notation of Behavioral Features and of Operations do not mention anymore italic notation (but still underlined for static). But both use the { property... } notation (even if abstract is not explicitly mentioned p108-109 + 116). I agree however with you in that I wouldn't be shocked by an italic, since it was so heavily used in the past (including pre-UML notations, e.g. in GoF).
            – Christophe
            Nov 13 at 0:07










          • Since both Italic as {abstract} are only indicated in relation to Classifiers, you could maybe update your answer. It currently states that {abstract} should be valid, and there is no indication in the specs that says that it is more valid than italics.
            – Geert Bellekens
            Nov 13 at 7:33






          • 1




            I guess the comments above are good enough. Nothing is perfect, even specifications.
            – Thomas Kilian
            Nov 13 at 9:04


















          • P. 99 of UML 2.5: The name of an abstract Classifier is shown in italics, where permitted by the font in use
            – Thomas Kilian
            Nov 12 at 23:31










          • @ThomasKilian yes, but this applies only to classifiers not to operations. It's very different from the 1.4 standard, where it is explicitly said "If this class does not implement the operation; that is, does not supply a method, then the operation may be marked as “{abstract}” or the operation signature may be italicized to indicate that it is abstract." (page 3-46).
            – Christophe
            Nov 12 at 23:48










          • @ThomasKilian the notation of Behavioral Features and of Operations do not mention anymore italic notation (but still underlined for static). But both use the { property... } notation (even if abstract is not explicitly mentioned p108-109 + 116). I agree however with you in that I wouldn't be shocked by an italic, since it was so heavily used in the past (including pre-UML notations, e.g. in GoF).
            – Christophe
            Nov 13 at 0:07










          • Since both Italic as {abstract} are only indicated in relation to Classifiers, you could maybe update your answer. It currently states that {abstract} should be valid, and there is no indication in the specs that says that it is more valid than italics.
            – Geert Bellekens
            Nov 13 at 7:33






          • 1




            I guess the comments above are good enough. Nothing is perfect, even specifications.
            – Thomas Kilian
            Nov 13 at 9:04
















          P. 99 of UML 2.5: The name of an abstract Classifier is shown in italics, where permitted by the font in use
          – Thomas Kilian
          Nov 12 at 23:31




          P. 99 of UML 2.5: The name of an abstract Classifier is shown in italics, where permitted by the font in use
          – Thomas Kilian
          Nov 12 at 23:31












          @ThomasKilian yes, but this applies only to classifiers not to operations. It's very different from the 1.4 standard, where it is explicitly said "If this class does not implement the operation; that is, does not supply a method, then the operation may be marked as “{abstract}” or the operation signature may be italicized to indicate that it is abstract." (page 3-46).
          – Christophe
          Nov 12 at 23:48




          @ThomasKilian yes, but this applies only to classifiers not to operations. It's very different from the 1.4 standard, where it is explicitly said "If this class does not implement the operation; that is, does not supply a method, then the operation may be marked as “{abstract}” or the operation signature may be italicized to indicate that it is abstract." (page 3-46).
          – Christophe
          Nov 12 at 23:48












          @ThomasKilian the notation of Behavioral Features and of Operations do not mention anymore italic notation (but still underlined for static). But both use the { property... } notation (even if abstract is not explicitly mentioned p108-109 + 116). I agree however with you in that I wouldn't be shocked by an italic, since it was so heavily used in the past (including pre-UML notations, e.g. in GoF).
          – Christophe
          Nov 13 at 0:07




          @ThomasKilian the notation of Behavioral Features and of Operations do not mention anymore italic notation (but still underlined for static). But both use the { property... } notation (even if abstract is not explicitly mentioned p108-109 + 116). I agree however with you in that I wouldn't be shocked by an italic, since it was so heavily used in the past (including pre-UML notations, e.g. in GoF).
          – Christophe
          Nov 13 at 0:07












          Since both Italic as {abstract} are only indicated in relation to Classifiers, you could maybe update your answer. It currently states that {abstract} should be valid, and there is no indication in the specs that says that it is more valid than italics.
          – Geert Bellekens
          Nov 13 at 7:33




          Since both Italic as {abstract} are only indicated in relation to Classifiers, you could maybe update your answer. It currently states that {abstract} should be valid, and there is no indication in the specs that says that it is more valid than italics.
          – Geert Bellekens
          Nov 13 at 7:33




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          I guess the comments above are good enough. Nothing is perfect, even specifications.
          – Thomas Kilian
          Nov 13 at 9:04




          I guess the comments above are good enough. Nothing is perfect, even specifications.
          – Thomas Kilian
          Nov 13 at 9:04


















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