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What is Aggregation and how it maps into a Java class?

Rajesh Goswami 2853 16-Apr-2011
Aggregation show the part of relationship how use it in java or mapping with java class?
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Updated on 16-Apr-2011
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Amit Singh

Amit Singh

16-Apr-2011
An Aggregation is an Association which denotes an "is part of" relationship.

Take a 'Car', for example, it is consisted of an engine,a steering wheel, four tires,seats,gear box,fuel tank,engine oil tank, air filters etc.So all constituents of car are parts of it.

If a car is destroyed/smashed, its parts can still be used separately as spares in other cars,so these parts have individual use even when their conatiner entity is destroyed.

Example
class Car
{
List getTires();
List getSeats();
List getAllParts();
}

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