The Pattern Library

This section will provide you with a brief look at the "catalog" and a short description of each pattern used for an overall reference for the rest of the book. There are also many best practices that really are isolated and technology- agnostic enough to list here but are useful nonetheless. Chapter 2 contains much more material than just the four framework patterns listed here.

General Framework Patterns

• Remote Tracer ” Standardize and abstract a target of traced output.

• Custom SOAP Exception Handler ” Customize SOAP Faults using exceptions.

• System Exception Wrapper ” Adding value to system exceptions.

• Soap Fault Builder ” Structured compliant builder for SOAP Faults.

Presentation-Tier Patterns

• Notifying Thread Manager ” Create a thread and notify a Windows form.

• Pollable Thread Manager ” Create a thread and periodically check status.

• MultiSync Thread Manager ” Combine Notifying and Pollable Thread Managers.

• Error Cross-Reference Generator ” Error ID generator used during exception handling.

• WebForm Template ” Base template class for a quick interface layouts.

• Stunt Driver ” Generic interface for testing a component.

• Dynamic Assembly Loader ” Dynamic loading and caching driver.

Middle-Tier Patterns

• Chained Service Factory ” Factory method for Web services.

• Unchained Service Factory ” Loosely coupled Factory method for Web services.

• Product Manager ” Abstract common business logic to handle disparate products.

• Service Fa §ade ” Business logic driver for Web services.

• Abstract Packet ” Business data container to abstract incoming/outgoing data.

• Packet Translator ” Abstract translation for different packet formats.

Persistence-Tier Patterns

• Poly Model ” Creating a dynamic data model using XML schemas.

• Schema Field ” Managing schemas through storage, value passing, and retrieval.

• Schema Indexer ” Dynamic indexing for dynamic data models.

• Abstract Schema ” Applying the abstract packet to the world of XML schemas.

Advanced Patterns

• Abstract Cache ” Abstracting a cache container from any one implementation.

• Web Service Interface ” Interface management for Web services consumers.

• Loosely Coupled Transactor (LCT) ” Asynchronous model for large return sets.

• LCT Client ” Async client model for Web services consumers.

• LCT Server ” Async server model for Web services consumers.