Class diagram for the classic implementation of the Template Method pattern (Template Method design pattern). Implementation AbstractClass - defines abstract primitive operations that concrete ...

Since the observers perform similar steps in the same order, the Template Method design-pattern can be applied. This UML-example is an extract from the main class diagram.

Harnessing logic inference capability of logic programming languages, we obtain an automated method that infers all the instances of a design pattern in a UML class diagram. We use the visitor pattern ...

Abstract: In a previous work, we presented a technique that allows verifying the conformance between Java implementations and UML class diagrams ... tag UML incorporating design patterns; and (2) a ...