TY - SER AU - Mingins, Christine AU - Liu, Yu TI - From UML to design by contract KW - SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT KW - GUIDELINES KW - COMPONENTS KW - CODE REUSE KW - OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING N1 - DBC is central to the Eiffel method. The Eiffel method and notation covers analysis, design, specification, and implementation. Contracts are captured by assertions. Assertions enable designers to view the relationship between a class and its clients by explicitly stating each party's rights and obligations ER -