This paper formalizes the notion of a design model structurally conforming to a design pattern by representing the model as a logic program whilst the pattern as a query. The conf...
Software design patterns describe proven solutions to recurring software design problems. Knowledge of these patterns increases designers’ abilities, leads to cleaner and more e...
Abstract. Design Patterns are now widely accepted as a useful concept for guiding and documenting the design of object-oriented software systems. Still the UML is ill-equipped for ...
We detect design patterns in legacy code combining static and dynamic analyses. The analyses do not depend on coding or naming conventions. We classify potential pattern instances...
In order to build a data structure that is extensible and reusable, it is necessary to decouple the intrinsic and primitive behavior of the structure from the application specific...