A design pattern recommendation approach

Abstract

Design patterns describe solutions for well-known design problems. They were proposed to improve software quality and accelerate software development. However, there are several limitations slowing their large-scale expansion such as the complexity of their comprehension and the difficulty of choosing and instantiating the right pattern adapted to a certain application. In this context, we propose a tool for design pattern assistance that retrieves the adequate pattern from a repository of patterns. It identifies the correct design pattern and helps the designer in its instantiation.