Documenting software systems with views V
Tim Trese, Scott Tilley · 2007
Cognitive science research indicates that a system is more readily understood when it is presented at progressive levels of decomposition, exposing increasing amounts of detail. One logical level of detail would present a system in terms of its implemented design patterns. However, to date, no entirely satisfactory method of documentation has been devised for explicating a software system as a set of design patterns. This paper discusses the challenges inherent in visualizing a software system as a set of design patterns, reviews the progress of another current effort, and describes a UML-compliant enhanced class-participation diagram as one possible solution.