用例用于记录行为，例如回答这个问题。

一种行为延伸了另一种行为，如果它是行为的补充，但不一定是行为的一部分，例如研究答案。

还要注意的是，如果你不试图回答这个问题，研究答案也没有多大意义。

如果一个行为是包含行为的一部分，则该行为被包含在另一个行为中，例如登录到堆栈交换。

为了澄清，只有当你想在堆栈溢出中回答这个问题时，这个例子才成立。

这些是UML 2.5第671-672页的技术定义。

我强调了我认为重要的几点。

扩展

扩展是一个从扩展UseCase(扩展)到扩展UseCase (extendedCase)的关系 如何以及何时将扩展UseCase中定义的行为插入到扩展UseCase中定义的行为中。 扩展发生在扩展的UseCase中定义的一个或多个特定扩展点上。

当有一些额外的行为应该被添加到行为中时(可能是有条件的)使用Extend 定义在一个或多个用例中。

扩展的UseCase的定义独立于扩展的UseCase，并且具有独立于扩展的意义 UseCase。另一方面，扩展的UseCase通常定义了本身不一定有意义的行为。 相反，扩展的UseCase定义了一组模块化行为增量，以增加扩展UseCase的执行 在特定条件下。

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包括

Include is a DirectedRelationship between two UseCases, indicating that the behavior of the included UseCase (the addition) is inserted into the behavior of the including UseCase (the includingCase). It is also a kind of NamedElement so that it can have a name in the context of its owning UseCase (the includingCase). The including UseCase may depend on the changes produced by executing the included UseCase. The included UseCase must be available for the behavior of the including UseCase to be completely described.

The Include relationship is intended to be used when there are common parts of the behavior of two or more UseCases. This common part is then extracted to a separate UseCase, to be included by all the base UseCases having this part in common. As the primary use of the Include relationship is for reuse of common parts, what is left in a base UseCase is usually not complete in itself but dependent on the included parts to be meaningful. This is reflected in the direction of the relationship, indicating that the base UseCase depends on the addition but not vice versa.

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我喜欢把“包含”看作基本用例的必要前提/伴随。这意味着如果没有基本用例所包含的用例，就不能认为基本用例是完整的。我将给出一个向客户销售商品的电子商务网站的例子。如果不先选择商品并将其放入购物车，你就无法支付商品。这意味着用例“Pay for Item”包括“select Item”。

扩展的用途多种多样，但我喜欢将其视为一种可能使用也可能不使用的替代方法。例如，仍然在电子商务网站。在付款时，您可以选择货到付款、使用paypal付款或刷卡付款。这些都是“为物品付费”用例的替代方案。我可以根据自己的喜好选择其中任何一种。

想要更清楚地了解用例的规则，请阅读我的文章:

http://businessanalystlearnings.com/ba-techniques/2013/2/20/use-case-diagram-the-basics

当用例向另一个一级用例添加步骤时，使用Extend。

例如，假设“提取现金”是自动柜员机(ATM)的一个用例。“评估费用”将扩展提现并描述有条件的“扩展点”，该“扩展点”在ATM用户不在ATM所属机构存入银行时实例化。注意，基本的“Withdraw Cash”用例独立存在，没有扩展。

Include用于提取在多个用例中重复的用例片段。被包含的用例不能独立存在，没有被包含的用例原始的用例是不完整的。这应该谨慎使用，并且只在重复很明显并且是故意存在(而不是巧合)的情况下使用。

例如，在每个ATM用例开始时发生的事件流(当用户放入他们的ATM卡，输入他们的PIN，并显示主菜单时)将是一个很好的包含候选。

我经常用这个来记住这两点:

我的用例:我要去城市。

包括->驾驶汽车

Extends ->填充汽油

“加油”不一定总是被要求，但也可以根据车里剩余的汽油量来选择。“开车”是一个先决条件，所以我把它包括在内。

图元素

Actors: Also referred to as Roles. Name and stereotype of an actor can be changed in its Properties tab. Inheritance: Refinement relations between actors. This relation can carry a name and a stereotype. Use cases: These can have Extension Points. Extension Points: This defines a location where an extension can be added. Associations: Between roles and use cases. It is useful to give associations speaking names. Dependencies: Between use cases. Dependencies often have a stereotype to better define the role of the dependency. To select a stereotype, select the dependency from the diagram or the Navigation pane, then change the stereotype in the Properties tab. There are two special kinds of dependencies: <<extend>> and <<include>>, for which Poseidon offers own buttons (see below). Extend relationship: A uni-directional relationship between two use cases. An extend relationship between use case B and use case A means that the behavior of B can be included in A. Include relationship: A uni-directional relationship between two use cases. Such a relationship between use cases A and B means, that the behavior of B is always included in A. System border: The system border is actually not implemented as model element in Poseidon for UML. You can simply draw a rectangle, send it to the background and use it as system border by putting all corresponding use cases inside the rectangle.

我不建议用这个来记住这两点:

我的用例:我要去城市。

包括->驾驶汽车

Extends ->填充汽油

我宁愿你用: 我的用例:我要去城市。

Extends ->驾驶汽车

包括->加油

扩展关系延续了基类的行为。基类功能必须在那里。 另一方面，包含关系类似于可能被调用的函数。梅是粗体字。

这可以从 用例模型中的重用