Bi-directional association between Footballer Mapper and Bowler Mapper

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This question is about a specific UML diagram in the book called Patterns Of Enterprise Application Architecture, by Martin Fowler.

Why is there a 'bi-directional association' between Footballer Mapper and Bowler Mapper in the 'Inheritance Mapper' Class Diagram on page 302?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 23 '10 at 02:00

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There isn't.

You're looking at an aggregation from the Player Mapper to one of the concrete mappers: Footballer Mapper, Bowler Mapper and Cricketer Mapper.

If you read the 2nd paragraph on page 304, he explains this design choice.

answered Jan 23 '10 at 02:00

codekaizen

thanks. I just spotted it myself,too. For some reason I was seeing the line between the Footballer Mapper and Bowler Mapper as separate to the line between the Player Mapper and the Cricketer Mapper. doh! – JW. Jan 23 '10 at 02:47

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