关联、聚合和组合之间的区别是什么? 请从实施的角度加以说明。


当前回答

我想说明如何在Rails中实现这三个术语。ActiveRecord将两个模型之间的任何类型的关系称为关联。在阅读文档或文章时,人们不会经常发现术语组合和聚合与ActiveRecord相关。通过向类的主体中添加一个关联类宏来创建关联。其中一些宏是belongs_to, has_one, has_many等。

If we want to set up a composition or aggregation, we need to add belongs_to to the owned model (also called child) and has_one or has_many to the owning model (also called parent). Wether we set up composition or aggregation depends on the options we pass to the belongs_to call in the child model. Prior to Rails 5, setting up belongs_to without any options created an aggregation, the child could exist without a parent. If we wanted a composition, we needed to explicitly declare this by adding the option required: true:

class Room < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :house, required: true
end

在Rails 5中,这一点被改变了。现在,声明belongs_to关联在默认情况下创建了一个组合,子元素不能没有父元素而存在。所以上面的例子可以重写为:

class Room < ApplicationRecord
  belongs_to :house
end

如果我们想要允许子对象在没有父对象的情况下存在,我们需要通过选项optional显式地声明这一点

class Product < ApplicationRecord
  belongs_to :category, optional: true
end

其他回答

组合(如果你删除“整体”,“部分”也会自动删除-“所有权”)

在新类中创建现有类的对象。这称为组合,因为新类是由现有类的对象组成的。 通常使用普通成员变量。 如果组合类自动处理负责创建/销毁子类的分配/回收,则可以使用指针值。

c++中的复合

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
/********************** Engine Class ******************/
class Engine
{
    int nEngineNumber;
    public:
    Engine(int nEngineNo);
    ~Engine(void);
};
Engine::Engine(int nEngineNo)
{
    cout<<" Engine :: Constructor " <<endl;
}
Engine::~Engine(void)
{
    cout<<" Engine :: Destructor " <<endl;
}
/********************** Car Class ******************/
class Car
{
    int nCarColorNumber;
    int nCarModelNumber;
    Engine objEngine;
    public:
    Car (int, int,int);
    ~Car(void);
};
Car::Car(int nModelNo,int nColorNo, int nEngineNo):
nCarModelNumber(nModelNo),nCarColorNumber(nColorNo),objEngine(nEngineNo)
{
    cout<<" Car :: Constructor " <<endl;
}
Car::~Car(void)
{
    cout<<" Car :: Destructor " <<endl;
    Car
    Engine
    Figure 1 : Composition
}
/********************** Bus Class ******************/
class Bus
{
    int nBusColorNumber;
    int nBusModelNumber;
    Engine* ptrEngine;
    public:
    Bus(int,int,int);
    ~Bus(void);
};
Bus::Bus(int nModelNo,int nColorNo, int nEngineNo):
nBusModelNumber(nModelNo),nBusColorNumber(nColorNo)
{
    ptrEngine = new Engine(nEngineNo);
    cout<<" Bus :: Constructor " <<endl;
}
Bus::~Bus(void)
{
    cout<<" Bus :: Destructor " <<endl;
    delete ptrEngine;
}
/********************** Main Function ******************/
int main()
{
    freopen ("InstallationDump.Log", "w", stdout);
    cout<<"--------------- Start Of Program --------------------"<<endl;
    // Composition using simple Engine in a car object
    {
        cout<<"------------- Inside Car Block ------------------"<<endl;
        Car objCar (1, 2,3);
    }
    cout<<"------------- Out of Car Block ------------------"<<endl;
    // Composition using pointer of Engine in a Bus object
    {
        cout<<"------------- Inside Bus Block ------------------"<<endl;
        Bus objBus(11, 22,33);
    }
    cout<<"------------- Out of Bus Block ------------------"<<endl;
    cout<<"--------------- End Of Program --------------------"<<endl;
    fclose (stdout);
}

输出

--------------- Start Of Program --------------------
------------- Inside Car Block ------------------
Engine :: Constructor
Car :: Constructor
Car :: Destructor
Engine :: Destructor
------------- Out of Car Block ------------------
------------- Inside Bus Block ------------------
Engine :: Constructor
Bus :: Constructor
Bus :: Destructor
Engine :: Destructor
------------- Out of Bus Block ------------------
--------------- End Of Program --------------------

聚合(如果你删除“整体”,“部分”可以存在-“无所有权”)

聚合是一种特定类型的组合,其中不暗示复杂对象和子对象之间的所有权。当一个聚合被销毁时,子对象不会被销毁。 通常使用指针变量/引用变量指向在聚合类作用域之外的对象 可以使用指向在聚合类范围之外的对象的引用值吗 不负责创建/销毁子类

c++中的聚合代码

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
/********************** Teacher Class ******************/
class Teacher
{
    private:
    string m_strName;
    public:
    Teacher(string strName);
    ~Teacher(void);
    string GetName();
};
Teacher::Teacher(string strName) : m_strName(strName)
{
    cout<<" Teacher :: Constructor --- Teacher Name :: "<<m_strName<<endl;
}
Teacher::~Teacher(void)
{
    cout<<" Teacher :: Destructor --- Teacher Name :: "<<m_strName<<endl;
}
string Teacher::GetName()
{
    return m_strName;
}
/********************** Department Class ******************/
class Department
{
    private:
    Teacher *m_pcTeacher;
    Teacher& m_refTeacher;
    public:
    Department(Teacher *pcTeacher, Teacher& objTeacher);
    ~Department(void);
};
Department::Department(Teacher *pcTeacher, Teacher& objTeacher)
: m_pcTeacher(pcTeacher), m_refTeacher(objTeacher)
{
    cout<<" Department :: Constructor " <<endl;
}
Department::~Department(void)
{
    cout<<" Department :: Destructor " <<endl;
}
/********************** Main Function ******************/
int main()
{
    freopen ("InstallationDump.Log", "w", stdout);
    cout<<"--------------- Start Of Program --------------------"<<endl;
    {
        // Create a teacher outside the scope of the Department
        Teacher objTeacher("Reference Teacher");
        Teacher *pTeacher = new Teacher("Pointer Teacher"); // create a teacher
        {
            cout<<"------------- Inside Block ------------------"<<endl;
            // Create a department and use the constructor parameter to pass the teacher to it.
            Department cDept(pTeacher,objTeacher);
            Department
            Teacher
            Figure 2: Aggregation
        } // cDept goes out of scope here and is destroyed
        cout<<"------------- Out of Block ------------------"<<endl;
        // pTeacher still exists here because cDept did not destroy it
        delete pTeacher;
    }
    cout<<"--------------- End Of Program --------------------"<<endl;
    fclose (stdout);
}

输出

--------------- Start Of Program --------------------
Teacher :: Constructor --- Teacher Name :: Reference Teacher
Teacher :: Constructor --- Teacher Name :: Pointer Teacher
------------- Inside Block ------------------
Department :: Constructor
Department :: Destructor
------------- Out of Block ------------------
Teacher :: Destructor --- Teacher Name :: Pointer Teacher
Teacher :: Destructor --- Teacher Name :: Reference Teacher
--------------- End Of Program --------------------

这些答案的问题在于,它们只说了一半:它们解释了聚合和组合是关联的形式,但没有说一个关联是否可能不是这两种形式。

基于对SO和一些UML文档的一些简要阅读,我收集到类关联有4种主要的具体形式:

A是由A组成的;没有A, B就不存在,就像家里的房间一样 聚合:A有A B;B可以没有A而存在,就像教室里的学生一样 依赖:A使用B;A和B之间没有生命周期依赖关系,比如方法调用参数、返回值或方法调用期间创建的临时对象 泛化:A是A

当两个实体之间的关系不是其中之一时,它可以被称为一般意义上的“关联”,并以其他方式进一步描述(注意,原型等)。

我的猜测是,“通用关联”主要用于两种情况:

when the specifics of a relationship are still being worked out; such relationship in a diagram should be converted as soon as possible to what it actually is/will be (one of the other 4). when a relationship doesn't match any of those 4 predetermined by UML; the "generic" association still gives you a way of representing a relationship that is "not one of the other ones", so that you aren't stuck using an incorrect relationship with a note "this is not actually aggregation, it's just that UML doesn't have any other symbol we could use"

协会

关联表示两个类之间的关系。它可以是单向的(单向)或双向的(双向)

例如:

单向

客户下单

双向

A和B结婚了 B和A结婚了

聚合

聚合是一种关联。但是有特定的特征。聚合是一个较大的“整体”类包含一个或多个较小的“部分”类之间的关系。相反,一个较小的“部分”类是“整个”较大类的一部分。

例如:

俱乐部有会员

一个俱乐部(“整体”)是由几个俱乐部成员(“部分”)组成的。会员可以在俱乐部外生活。如果俱乐部(“整体”)死亡,成员(“部分”)不会随之死亡。因为会员可以属于多个俱乐部(“整体”)。

作文

这是一种更强的聚合形式。“整体”对其“部分”的创造或破坏负责

例如:

学校有院系

在这种情况下,学校(“整体”)将消亡,部门(“部分”)将随之消亡。 因为每个部分只能属于一个“整体”。

对于Foo和Bar这两个对象,可以定义关系

关联——我与一个对象有一种关系。Foo使用Bar

public class Foo {         
    private Bar bar;
};

注意:请参阅Fowler的定义-关键是Bar在语义上与Foo相关,而不仅仅是一个依赖项(如int或字符串)。

组合——我拥有一个对象,我对它的生命周期负责。当Foo死了,Bar也死了

public class Foo {
    private Bar bar = new Bar(); 
}

聚合——我有一个从别人那里借来的对象。当Foo死了,Bar可以活下去。

public class Foo { 
    private Bar bar; 
    Foo(Bar bar) { 
       this.bar = bar; 
    }
}

摘自Robert Martin在comp.object中的一篇文章:

关联表示一个实例向另一个实例发送消息的能力。这通常是通过指针或引用实例变量实现的,尽管它也可以实现为一个方法参数,或创建一个局部变量。

//[Example:]

//|A|----------->|B|

class A
{
  private:
    B* itsB;
};

聚合[…是典型的整体/部分关系。这与实例不能具有循环聚合关系(即部分不能包含其整体)的异常关联完全相同。

//[Example:]

//|Node|<>-------->|Node|

class Node
{
  private:
    vector<Node*> itsNodes;
};

这是聚合的事实意味着Node的实例不能形成一个循环。因此,这是一个节点树,而不是节点图。

成分[…和聚合完全一样,只是“部分”的生命周期由“整体”控制。这种控制可以是直接的,也可以是传递的。也就是说,“整体”可以直接负责创造或破坏“部分”,或者它可以接受一个已经创建的部分,然后将它传递给其他某个整体,由其承担责任。

//[Example:]

//|Car|<#>-------->|Carburetor|

class Car
{
  public:
    virtual ~Car() {delete itsCarb;}
  private:
    Carburetor* itsCarb
};