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Pattern Componentization: The Factory Example

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Can Design Patterns be turned into reusable components? To help answer this question, we have performed a systematic study of the standard design patterns. One of the most interesting is Abstract Factory, for which we were indeed able to build a reusable component fulfilling the same needs as the original pattern. This article presents the component’s design and its lessons for the general issue of pattern componentization.

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  1. AXA Rosenberg Investment Management LLC, Barr Rosenberg Research Center, 4 Orinda Way, Building E, Orinda, CA, 94563, USA

    Karine Arnout

  2. Computer Science Department, ETH Zurich, Clausiusstrasse 59, 8092 ETH-Zentrum, Zurich, Switzerland

    Bertrand Meyer

  3. Eiffel Software, 356 Storke Road, Goleta, CA, 93117, USA

    Bertrand Meyer

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Arnout, K., Meyer, B. Pattern Componentization: The Factory Example. Innovations Syst Softw Eng 2, 65–79 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11334-006-0001-0

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