Design patterns (DPs) are widely accepted as solutions to recurring problems in software
design. While numerous approaches and tools have been proposed for DP detection over …

Abstract Design patterns (DPs) are recognised as a good practice in software development.
However, the lack of appropriate documentation often hampers traceability, and their …

Software design patterns are standard solutions to common problems in software design
and architecture. Knowing that a particular module implements a design pattern is a shortcut …

Design patterns (DPs) encapsulate valuable design knowledge of object-oriented systems.
Detecting DP instances helps to reveal the underlying rationale, thus facilitates the …

Design patterns are elegant and well-tested solutions to recurrent software development
problems. They are the result of software developers dealing with problems that frequently …

Abstract Design patterns represent high-level recurring abstractions that reflect the know-
how of experts. Their detection is a key task in the context of software engineering; it is very …

Occurrences of design patterns in existing code conveys important information to software
developers about the intent of the original author. Therefore, automated design pattern …

Identification of design patterns can deliver important information to designers. Therefore,
automated design pattern detection (DPD) is highly desirable when it comes to …

As the amount of software source code increases, manual approaches for documentation or
detection of software design patterns in source code become inefficient relative to the value …

Abstract Design patterns (DPs) represent an abstract design approach and are commonly
reflected in software code. Design pattern detection (DPD) can help programmers quickly …