Design pattern detection by template matching

In this paper, we adopt a template matching method to detect design patterns from a software system by calculating their normalized cross correlation. Because design patterns document flexible design ideas, there can be various ways of implementing them. In our approach, not only the exact matches of pattern instances are detected from system source code, but also the variations of pattern candidates can be identified. Based on our method, we provide tool support and perform experiments on different large open-source systems. Keywords Design Pattern, Matrix, Template Matching, Cross Correlation

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2008
• Where: SAC
• Authors: Jing Dong, Yongtao Sun, Yajing Zhao
• Keywords: Applied Computing, Cross Correlation, Design Pattern, Normalized Cross Correlation, SAC 2008