Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture

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Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture is a series of software engineering books describing software design patterns.

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Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture Volume 1: A System of Patterns

Author	Frank Buschmann, Regine Meunier, Hans Rohnert, Peter Sommerlad and Michael Stal
Language	English
Subject	Computer programming
Published	1996
ISBN	978-0471958697

Architectural patterns

• Layers
• Pipes and filters
• Blackboard
• Broker
• Model–View–Controller
• Presentation–Abstraction–Control

Design patterns

• Master–Slave
• Proxy
• Publisher–subscriber

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Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture Volume 2: Patterns for Concurrent and Networked Objects

Author	Douglas C. Schmidt, Michael Stal, Hans Rohnert, Frank Buschmann
Language	English
Subject	Computer programming
Published	2000
ISBN	978-0471606956

Service access and configuration patterns

• Interceptor

Event handling patterns

• Reactor
• Proactor

Synchronization patterns

• Thread-Safe Interface
• Double-checked locking

Concurrency patterns

• Active object
• Monitor Object
• Thread-Specific Storage

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Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture Volume 3: Patterns for Resource Management

Author	Michael Kircher, Prashant Jain
Language	English
Subject	Computer programming
Published	2004
ISBN	978-0470845257

Resource acquisition

• Lookup
• Lazy acquisition

Resource lifecycle

• Caching
• Pooling

Resource release

• Leasing

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Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture Volume 4: A Pattern Language for Distributed Computing

Author	Frank Buschmann, Kevlin Henney, Douglas C. Schmidt
Language	English
Subject	Computer programming
Published	2007
ISBN	978-0470059029

Software architecture

• Domain model
• Layers
• Model–View–Controller
• Presentation–Abstraction–Control
• Microkernel
• Reflection
• Pipes and filters
• Blackboard
• Domain object

Distribution Infrastructure

• Publisher–subscriber
• Broker
• Requestor

Adaptation and execution

• Bridge
• Object Adapter
• Interpreter
• Interceptor
• Visitor
• Decorator
• Template method
• Strategy
• Null Object

Resource management

• Container
• Object manager
• Lookup
• Resource pool
• Resource cache
• Lazy Acquisition
• Leasing
• Abstract Factory
• Builder
• Factory method

Database access

• Data mapper
• Row Data Gateway
• Table Data Gateway
• Active Record

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Pattern Oriented Software Architecture Volume 5: On Patterns and Pattern Languages

Author	Frank Buschmann, Kevlin Henney, Douglas C. Schmidt
Language	English
Subject	Computer programming
Published	2007
ISBN	978-0471486480