Optionデザインパターンの適用について

抄録

With the rapid progress of the computational mechanics, CAE software, such as FEM programs, are having many functions and become more complicated. Because the development shouldn't be stopped, every CAE program should consider future functionality expansions. It is difficult, however, to forecast what types of expansions are required from the future researches. Object-oriented approach appears a promising technique to develop complicated and flexible software. Especially adoption of design patterns fits the purpose. The Option design pattern has been proposed for this purpose by the author, and applied to implement new functions into the existing basic FEM program. In this paper, the experiences of these activities are summarized and a future aspect of the Option pattern will be discussed.