A Pattern Language To Visitors

Since Gamma et al. first published the Visitor design pattern in 1995, there have been proposed several variations in the design pattern literature. This paper attempts to classify and organize these variations. It presents a pattern language to Visitors to assist the application developer to choose the right Visitor pattern that best suites the intended purpose by enumerating all important forces and consequences for each variation.

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