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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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     * Visitor: New operations have to be added to a given more or less static inheritance structure of classes.     * Visitor: New operations have to be added to a given more or less static inheritance structure of classes.
     * ...     * ...
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 +===== Caveats =====
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 +See section [[#contrary principles]].
 +
  
 ===== 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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   * **[[More Is More Complex]] (MIMC)**: ECV demands adding a new class for a new varying concept.   * **[[More Is More Complex]] (MIMC)**: ECV demands adding a new class for a new varying concept.
-  * [[Model Principle]] (MP): ECV sometimes results in classes which do not correspond top a real-world concept in the sense of MP. A "concept that varies" can also be a technical concept.+  * [[Model Principle]] (MP): ECV sometimes results in classes which do not correspond to a real-world concept in the sense of MP. A "concept that varies" can also be a technical concept.
  
 ==== Complementary Principles ==== ==== Complementary Principles ====
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-===== Example =====+===== Examples =====
  
  
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   * [[Single Responsibility Principle]]   * [[Single Responsibility Principle]]
   * [[Open-Closed Principle]]   * [[Open-Closed Principle]]
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 +===== Discussion =====
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 +Discuss this wiki article and the principle on the corresponding [[talk:principles:Encapsulate the Concept that Varies|talk page]].
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