UML and Documenting Simple Diagrams

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Published on 2010-05-11T16:43:02Z Indexed on 2010/05/18 18:20 UTC
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As part of a rewrite of an old Java application into C#, I'm writing an actual Software Design Specification. A problem I run into is when a method is too simple to bother with a Sequence Diagram (it doesn't interact with other objects).

As an example, I have a simple POJO called Item, containing the following method:

public String getCategoryKey() {
    StringBuffer value = new StringBuffer("s-");
    value.append(this.getModelID());
    value.append("-c");
    return value;
}

The purpose and the algorithm for the method needs to be documented. However, a sequence diagram is overkill. How would others document it?

(I take no credit/blame for the given method, it's very old code and the author "forgot" to put their name in the Javadoc).

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