About basic object relationship Association one to one one to many many to one many to many Classification Aggregation Composition Aggregation ( weak — both objects can live independent. Has a relationship) Student + Department Bank + Employee Composition (Part of — object will have part of other object and dependent. Part of relationship) Book + Library Car + Engine Aggregation vs Composition Dependency: Aggregation implies a relationship where the child can exist independently of the parent. For example, Bank and Employee, delete the Bank and the Employee still exist. whereas Composition implies a relationship where the child cannot exist independent of the parent. Example: Human and heart, heart don’t exist separate to a Human