Model-View-Controller

Tags: soft-eng

A transform centre architecture for graphical user interfaces.

\begin{figure}
  \begin{tikzpicture}[line/.style={very thick, dashed}]
    \begin{umlpackage}{Model}\end{umlpackage}
    \begin{umlpackage}[x=4, y=-2]{Controller}\end{umlpackage}
    \begin{umlpackage}[y=-4]{View}\end{umlpackage}

    \draw [line, <->] (Controller) -- (Model);
    \draw [line, <->] (Controller) -- (View);  \end{tikzpicture}
  \caption{MVC visualised}
\end{figure}

Table 1: Division of labour.

MVC	Description
Model	Objects that model the business domain.
View	GUI objects that display views and detect events.
Controller	Event handlers that synchronise views and model data.