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Pattern Language for the Internal Structure of Metadata-Based Frameworks

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Transactions on Pattern Languages of Programming III

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((TPLOP,volume 7840))

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Metadata-based frameworks are those that process their logic based on the metadata of classes whose instances they are working with. Many recent frameworks use this approach to get a higher reuse level and to be more suitably adapted to the application needs. However, there is not yet a complete best practices documentation or reference architecture for the development of metadata-based frameworks. This paper presents a pattern language that focuses on recurring solutions used in the internal structure of metadata-based frameworks addressing the main problems faced in this kind of development. Based on the pattern language, a reference architecture which identifies a base structure and the main hotspots for metadata-based frameworks is defined.

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  2. State University of Ceará – UECE, Av. Paranjana, 1700 , Campus do Itaperi, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil

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Guerra, E., de Souza, J., Fernandes, C. (2013). Pattern Language for the Internal Structure of Metadata-Based Frameworks. In: Noble, J., Johnson, R., Zdun, U., Wallingford, E. (eds) Transactions on Pattern Languages of Programming III. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7840. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38676-3_3

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