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principles:encapsulate_the_concept_that_varies [2013-03-18 09:44] – external edit 127.0.0.1principles:encapsulate_the_concept_that_varies [2013-06-22 20:40] – christian
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 ===== Context ===== ===== Context =====
 /* fill in contexts here: */ /* fill in contexts here: */
-  * [[contexts:Object-Oriented Design]]  +  * [[contexts:Object-Oriented Design]] 
 +  * [[contexts:API Design]] 
 +  * [[contexts:Architecture]]
  
 ===== Principle Statement ===== ===== Principle Statement =====
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 ===== Origin ===== ===== Origin =====
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 +The principle is stated, explained and used in the GoF book:
  
 Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides: //[[wp>Design Patterns|Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software]]// ("GoF book"), p. 29 Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides: //[[wp>Design Patterns|Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software]]// ("GoF book"), p. 29
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 +But the idea if ECV is actually much older. It was first presented in
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 +David Parnas: //[[http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.132.7232|On the Criteria To Be Used in Decomposing Systems into Modules]]//
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 ===== Evidence ===== ===== Evidence =====
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   * [[Open-Closed Principle]]   * [[Open-Closed Principle]]
  
 +===== Discussion =====
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 +Discuss this wiki article and the principle on the corresponding [[talk:principles:Encapsulate the Concept that Varies|talk page]].
principles/encapsulate_the_concept_that_varies.txt · Last modified: 2021-10-18 21:31 by christian