Integrated design patterns for database applications

Design patterns describe solutions for design problems that occur repeatedly in the development of software systems. Software system builders increasingly recognize the importance of exploiting design knowledge and successful experiences in the engineering of new systems. As a result, design patterns have started to gain popularity in capturing software design knowledge and software designs themselves. Currently, design patterns have addressed some of the object-oriented design limitations such as the difficulty in specifying reusable designs. Database applications have both structural and dynamic properties. However, design patterns for structural and dynamic properties are usually discussed separately without much integration. In this paper, we propose design patterns to provide solutions for some important common requirements in database applications. Most of these patterns address the structural and dynamic properties of database applications on an integrated basis. These patterns can be used in the design process as well as the design verification process. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.