Finding Frameworks Hot Spots in Pattern Languages

An important issue that contributes to the complexity of object-oriented framework development is the identification of its hot spots, i.e., the framework parts that must be kept flexible, as they are specific of individual systems. A process for identification of hot spots in an analysis pattern language is proposed. Several types of hot spots are identifiable from information presented in the elements of each pattern of the pattern language, making possible to define a process to sistematize this task. An example illustrates the hot spots identification based on a pattern language for business resource management.