A Methodology for the Automated Introduction of Design Patterns

M O'Cinneide, Patrick Nixon

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    Abstract

    In reengineering legacy code it is frequently useful to introduce a design pattern in order to add clarity to the system and thus facilitate further program evolution. We show that this type of transformation can be automated in a pragmatic manner and present a methodology for the development of design pattern transformations. We address the issues of the definition of a starting point for the transformation, the decomposition of a pattern into mini-patterns and the development of corresponding mini-transformations that can introduce these mini-patterns to a program. We argue that behaviour preservation is a key issue and develop a rigorous argument of this for each mini-transformation we discover. The architecture of an existing software prototype is also discussed and the results of applying this methodology to develop a transformation for the Factory Method pattern are presented.
    LanguageEnglish
    Title of host publicationUnknown Host Publication
    Pages463-472
    Number of pages10
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1999
    EventProceedings IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance - Keble College, Oxford
    Duration: 1 Jan 1999 → …

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    ConferenceProceedings IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance
    Period1/01/99 → …

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    O'Cinneide M, Nixon P. A Methodology for the Automated Introduction of Design Patterns. In Unknown Host Publication. 1999. p. 463-472 https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSM.1999.792644

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