Hi,
as usual, patterns and architectural styles have things in
common and also differ. If you have access to POSA1,
please take a look at pp 394. This will hopefully
answer your question. In a nutshell, architectural styles come
closest to architectural patterns, but still there
are differences to (architectural) patterns:
- Scope: architectural styles have little to nothing in common
with design patterns and idioms, as they target at
describing fundamental system structures.
- Interdependencies: Every pattern depends on "smaller" patterns
that can help with its implementation, or on the
"larger" patterns whose implementation they complete
Architectural styles are self-contained.
- Context: Architectural styles do not come along
with a context and problem statement that tell
developers when to use this style and what problem
it actually resolves. A style also
does not discuss why it is a good style for
resolving the problem. In other words, the big
"why" questions are not addressed at all.
Thanks.
Frank Buschmann
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