A case of Visitor versus Interpreter pattern

M. Hills; P. Klint; T. Storm, van der; J.J. Vinju

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-21952-8_17

A case of Visitor versus Interpreter pattern

M. Hills, P. Klint, T. Storm, van der, J.J. Vinju

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We compare the Visitor pattern with the Interpreter pattern, investigating a single case in point for the Java language. We have produced and compared two versions of an interpreter for a programming language. The first version makes use of the Visitor pattern. The second version was obtained by using an automated refactoring to transform uses of the Visitor pattern to uses of the Interpreter pattern. We compare these two nearly equivalent versions on their maintenance characteristics and execution efficiency. Using a tailored experimental research method we can highlight differences and the causes thereof. The contributions of this paper are that it isolates the choice between Visitor and Interpreter in a realistic software project and makes the difference experimentally observable.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 49th International Conference on Objects, Models, Components, Patterns, TOOLS 2011, June 28-30, 2011. Zurich, Switzerland
Editors	J. Bishop, A. Vallecillo
Place of Publication	Berlin
Publisher	Springer
Pages	228-243
ISBN (Print)	978-3-642-21951-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21952-8_17
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	conference; 49th International Conference on Objects, Models, Components, Patterns; 2011-06-28; 2011-06-30 - Duration: 28 Jun 2011 → 30 Jun 2011

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Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume	6705
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743

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Conference	conference; 49th International Conference on Objects, Models, Components, Patterns; 2011-06-28; 2011-06-30
Period	28/06/11 → 30/06/11
Other	49th International Conference on Objects, Models, Components, Patterns

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Hills, M., Klint, P., Storm, van der, T., & Vinju, J. J. (2011). A case of Visitor versus Interpreter pattern. In J. Bishop, & A. Vallecillo (Eds.), Proceedings of the 49th International Conference on Objects, Models, Components, Patterns, TOOLS 2011, June 28-30, 2011. Zurich, Switzerland (pp. 228-243). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 6705). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21952-8_17

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Hills, M, Klint, P, Storm, van der, T & Vinju, JJ 2011, A case of Visitor versus Interpreter pattern. in J Bishop & A Vallecillo (eds), Proceedings of the 49th International Conference on Objects, Models, Components, Patterns, TOOLS 2011, June 28-30, 2011. Zurich, Switzerland. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 6705, Springer, Berlin, pp. 228-243, conference; 49th International Conference on Objects, Models, Components, Patterns; 2011-06-28; 2011-06-30, 28/06/11. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21952-8_17

A case of Visitor versus Interpreter pattern. / Hills, M.; Klint, P.; Storm, van der, T. et al.
Proceedings of the 49th International Conference on Objects, Models, Components, Patterns, TOOLS 2011, June 28-30, 2011. Zurich, Switzerland. ed. / J. Bishop; A. Vallecillo. Berlin: Springer, 2011. p. 228-243 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 6705).

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Hills M, Klint P, Storm, van der T, Vinju JJ. A case of Visitor versus Interpreter pattern. In Bishop J, Vallecillo A, editors, Proceedings of the 49th International Conference on Objects, Models, Components, Patterns, TOOLS 2011, June 28-30, 2011. Zurich, Switzerland. Berlin: Springer. 2011. p. 228-243. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-21952-8_17

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