Abstract ‘How to preserve the benefits of Design Patterns ’ Reviewed

Abstract The purpose of this paper is to present a critical analysis of (Agerbo et al. 1998). In (Agerbo et al. 1998), the authors submit that the increasing amount of Design Pattern will detract from the known benefits of using a Design Pattern such as creating a common vocabulary, actual use of design patterns and a dilution of what a Design Pattern actually is. (Agerbo et al. 1998) presents to solution: distinguish design patterns into fundamental, language dependent design pattern or related design pattern. (Agerbo et al. 1998) presents three principles to define what fundamental design patters are. (Agerbo et al. 1998) then applies its criteria to the various Design Patterns presented in (Gamma et al. 1995) in order to evaluate whether it should be termed as FDP. This paper evaluates the criteria presented by (Agerbo et al. 1998) and the impact of (Agerbo et al. 1998) in the classifying design patterns, and other future work