What are the differences pre condition ,post condition and invariant in computer terminology [closed]

You’ll have a lot of problems writing Java, especially multi-threaded code, if you can’t understand these simple ideas: Pre-conditions are the things that must be true before a method is called. The method tells clients “this is what I expect from you”. Post-conditions are the things that must be true after the method is complete. …

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How to represent a C# property in UML?

I usually prepare my UML diagrams in Visio (I know, I know; but what’re ya gonna do?). When diagramming properties, they end up as so: +————————+ | MyClass | |————————| | – _foo : int | |————————| | «property» + Foo : int | +————————+ «property» being a custom stereotype derived from «operator». Ugly, I …

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How should I visualize the structure of my code? [closed]

I tried using a number of UML tools and found that the reverse-engineering capabilities in most UML tools were not helpful for understanding code. They focus on designing needs and reverse-engineering capabilities often just ends up showing huge pictures of lots of useless information. When I was working on the Microsoft Office codebase, I found …

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