Evaluating and Improving Design Patterns Applicability with Metrics

Imène Issaoui, Nadia Bouassida, and Hanêne Ben-Abdallah

Keywords

Design pattern, metric, design improvement, pattern evaluation

Abstract

Design patterns are established solutions for recurring problems. They represent high-level abstractions that reflect domain experiences. Nowadays, design patterns use is widely spread and they are very well-known. Despite, their popularity, there is no method or way to verify the correct applicability of the pattern. In fact, in many cases, once a designer has reused a pattern in its application, he wants to know if the pattern instantiation is well-designed and if it can be improved. This paper presents an approach that evaluates the pattern instantiation through metrics. Then, it enhances the pattern design through suggesting pattern improvements.

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