NAME: Iterative Pattern Language Summary CATEGORY: Pattern Language Structure
- CONTEXT: You are writing a pattern language describing
the solution for a complex problem.
- PROBLEM: How do you give the reader an overview of a set of
patterns?
- FORCES:
- A pattern language should be more than
just the sum of its parts.
- The connections
between patterns (how they relate with one another) are
not always obvious.
- Inter-pattern
relationships are sometimes difficult to understand
solely from the perspective of the patterns involved in
the relationships.
- Describing the
relationships between many patterns in one place takes
extra effort and increases the bulk of the language.
- SOLUTION: Identify the set of patterns as a pattern language and write a summary which introduces
the larger problem and the
patterns which contribute to solving it. This summary explains why the patterns belong together, the common threads found in more than one
pattern, and how the patterns can be used together to do something useful.
- RATIONALE: A Pattern Language Summary provides the "big picture" while the related patterns section of each
pattern provide
the detailed linkages.
- DIAGRAM:
The following are links that take us directly to
the page
SUMMARY : LIST OF PATTERNS
PATTERN
WIRELESS PATTERNS
PATTERN LANGUAGE
MANDATORY ELEMENTS
OPTIONAL ELEMENTS
VISIBLE FORCES
RELATIONSHIP
NAMING
SINGLE PASS READABLE
CONNECTION MANAGER
SECURE COMMUNICATION
MOBILITY
MANAGEMENT
INTRODUCING A NEW
CONCEPT IN AN ORGANIZATION
ITERATIVE PATTERN
LANGUAGE SUMMARY
RUNNING EXAMPLE
GLOSSARY
