Using a Follow-on Survey to Investigate Why Use of the Visitor, Singleton and Facade Patterns is Controversial

Zhang, C.; Budgen, D.; Drummond, S.

Abstract

Context: A previous study has shown that software devel- opers who are experienced with using design patterns hold some con icting opinions about three of the more popular design patterns: Facade, Singleton and Visitor. Aim: To identify the characteristics of these three patterns that have caused them to generate such differing views. Method: We employed a qualitative follow-on survey of those developers who had taken part in the earlier survey about design patterns. Results: We received 46 usable responses from a possible total of 188, with nearly 85% of respondents having six or more years of experience with design patterns. Of these, 27 also provided comments and descriptions of experiences about the patterns, which we categorised. Conclusions: All three patterns can easily be misused and in each case, the consequences of misuse are regarded as being particularly significant.

Citation

Zhang, C., Budgen, D., & Drummond, S. (2012, September). Using a Follow-on Survey to Investigate Why Use of the Visitor, Singleton and Facade Patterns is Controversial. Presented at 6th International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering & Measurement, Lund, Sweden

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: 6th International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering & Measurement
• Start Date: Sep 19, 2012
• End Date: Sep 20, 2012
• Online Publication Date: Sep 19, 2012
• Publication Date: Sep 19, 2012
• Deposit Date: Jun 1, 2012
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 22, 2013
• Pages: 79-88
• Book Title: 6th International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM'12) : September 19-20, Lund, Sweden ; proceedings.
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/2372251.2372264
• Keywords: Design pattern, Survey, Empirical.
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1157616
• Additional Information: Conference dates: 19-20 September 2012