Abstract. In the paper Support for Design Patterns through Graph Transformation Tools in this volume, we have already outlined the global structure of a tool that allows for the an...
Abstract. We present a model of object-oriented and component-based refinement. For object-orientation, the model is class-based and refinement is about correct changes in the stru...
Design pattern density is a metric that measures how much of an object-oriented design can be understood and represented as instances of design patterns. Expert developers have lo...
Design patterns encode proven solutions to recurring design problems. To use a design pattern properly, we need to 1) understand the design problem the pattern resolves, 2) recogn...
The role of design patterns in forward engineering is well known, also if it's not easy to use them, since large experience is needed. Different approaches and tools have bee...