A Methodology for the Automated Introduction of Design Patterns

Mel O'Cinneide; Patrick Nixon

doi:10.1109/ICSM.1999.792644

A Methodology for the Automated Introduction of Design Patterns

Mel O'Cinneide, Patrick Nixon

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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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance
Subtitle of host publication	Software Maintenance for Business Change, 1999 (ICSM'99).
Place of Publication	United States
Publisher	IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages	1-10
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	0769500161
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSM.1999.792644
Publication status	Published - 1999
Externally published	Yes
Event	IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance-1999 (ICSM ’ 99) - Keble College, Oxford, United Kingdom Duration: 30 Aug 1999 → 3 Sept 1999

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Conference	IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance-1999 (ICSM ’ 99)
Abbreviated title	ICSM 99
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Oxford
Period	30/08/99 → 3/09/99

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O'Cinneide, M & Nixon, P 1999, A Methodology for the Automated Introduction of Design Patterns. in Proceedings IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance: Software Maintenance for Business Change, 1999 (ICSM'99). . IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, United States, pp. 1-10, IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance-1999 (ICSM ’ 99) , Oxford, United Kingdom, 30/08/99. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSM.1999.792644

A Methodology for the Automated Introduction of Design Patterns. / O'Cinneide, Mel; Nixon, Patrick.
Proceedings IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance: Software Maintenance for Business Change, 1999 (ICSM'99). . United States: IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 1999. p. 1-10.

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