34.11. Framework Design with the Template Method Pattern
The next section describes some of the essential design features of the Database Mappers, which are a central part of the PFW. These design features are based on the Template Method GoF design pattern [GHJV95].[2] This pattern is at the heart of framework design,[3] and is familiar to most OO programmers by practice if not by name.
[2] This pattern is unrelated to C++ templates. It describes the template of an algorithm.
[3] More specifically, of whitebox frameworks. These are usually class hierarchy and subclassing-oriented frameworks that require the user to know something about their design and structure; hence, whitebox.
The idea is to define a method (the Template Method) in a superclass ...
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