Term Definition: implementation mechanism |
Main Description
An architectural mechanism used during the implementation process. They are
refinements of design mechanisms , which specify the exact implementation of the
mechanism, and which will also very likely employ several implementation patterns (idioms) in their
construction. Again, there is not necessarily any difference in scale between the design mechanism and the
implementation mechanism.
For example, one particular implementation of the inter-process communication analysis mechanism is a shared
memory design mechanism utilizing a particular operating system's shared memory function calls. Concurrency
conflicts (inappropriate simultaneous access to shared memory) may be prevented using semaphores, or using a
latching mechanism, which in turn rest upon other implementation mechanisms. |
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