Dependencies between Packages

• Elements of one package require elements of another one

  • «access»-dependency on thelevel of packages
  • forms a graph
  • «access»-dependencies are NOT transitive!

• Certain elements of a package require certain elements of another one

  • specific relationship on the element level
  • or incorporation by means of qualification

Package

X

Package

Y

«access»

Class A

Package X

Package X

Class A

Package Y

::Class C

Class B

Class D

Package Y

«access»

Class C

Class B

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