Using Generative Design Patterns to Develop Network Server Applications

Design patterns are generic solutions to recurring software design problems. The Correct Object-Oriented Patternbased Parallel Programming System (CO₂P₃S) uses design pattern templates to generate code for design patterns. CO₂P₃S has been used to generate small parallel and sequential applications. This research evaluates the utility and performance of CO₂P₃S on larger network server applications. The Network Server design pattern template is introduced, which significantly eases the complexities involved in network server application development. The Network Server is highly configurable and suitable for the construction of a large variety of network server applications, with a diverse range of functionality and performance requirements. In this paper we highlight a generated Web server with performance comparable to Apache.