Architectural Patterns

The types of software patterns

Several newer types of patterns are emerging in order to cater to different demands. This section throws some light on these.

An architecture pattern expresses a fundamental structural organization or schema for complex systems. It provides a set of predefined subsystems, specifies their unique responsibilities, and includes the decision-enabling rules and guidelines for organizing the relationships between them. The architecture pattern for a software system illustrates the macro-level structure for the whole software solution. An architectural pattern is a set of principles and a coarse-grained pattern that provides an abstract framework for a family of systems. An architectural pattern improves partitioning ...