Developing adaptable software architectures using design patterns: an NFR approach

摘要

Just about everything changes, and so should a software system accordingly in order to survive and succeed. But how can we develop such a software system? Lately, a growing number of practitioners have shown great interests in using design patterns towards the development of an adaptable system, since design patterns represent high-level abstractions that reflect the experience of no other than skilled practitioners themselves. According to a given format, design patterns describe the context, problems, solutions and consequences of making specific design decisions. This paper presents, Proteus―a framework which is intended to support the development of adaptable software architectures using design patterns. The main concepts of Proteus are illustrated by way of a home appliance control system.