Summary

In this chapter I summarized our new perspective on object-oriented design. I described how design patterns manifest this. I suggested that it is useful to look at patterns by seeing

  • What they encapsulate

  • How they use commonality/variability analysis

  • How they decompose a problem domain into responsibilities

  • How they specify relationships between objects

  • How they illustrate contextual design

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