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Subject exist between is a kind of correspond to has definition
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communication linktwo objects whenever it is possible for one object to send a message to the other one, including the following situations:
  • The classes of the two objects are joined by an association
  • The receiving object is stored in a local variable of the sending method (but the objects are not yet joined by an association)
  • A reference to the receiving object has been received as a parameter of an earlier message to the sender
  • The receiving object is global
  • The objects communicate over a network
symbol in collaboration diagraminstances of associations (i.e. links) in a class diagramIn a collaboration diagram, a line drawn between each pair of objects involved in the sending of a message

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