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Utility
A utility is a grouping of global variables and procedures in the form of a class declaration. This is not a fundamental construct, but a programming convenience. The attributes and operations of the utility become global variables and procedures.
A utility is modeled as a class with stereotype the stereotype <utility>. It can have both attributes and operations, all of which are treated as global attributes and operations.
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UML class diagrams