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Pattern-Oriented Analysis and Design: Composing Patterns to Design Software Systems
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Pattern-Oriented Analysis and Design: Composing Patterns to Design Software Systems

by Sherif M. Yacoub, Hany H. Ammar
August 2003
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
416 pages
11h 21m
English
Addison-Wesley Professional
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Part I. Introduction

In Part I we review design patterns and lay the groundwork for the Pattern-Oriented Analysis and Design (POAD) methodology. Chapter 1 introduces the purpose of the POAD methodology: why it is needed and how it is useful. Chapter 2 discusses the role that design patterns play in software engineering in general and object-oriented design in particular. Most of the experiences in using patterns follow an ad hoc approach for pattern instantiation and composition. Systematic development using patterns utilizes a composition mechanism to glue patterns together at the design level. Generally, we categorize composition mechanisms as behavioral and structural composition. We discuss some well-known behavior-based and structure-based ...

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