Abstract

Reflection is a design principle that allows a system to have a representation of itself in the manner that makes it easy to adapt the system to a changing environment. It has now matured to the point where it is used to address real-world problems in various areas. This principle has been also identified as a pattern of software architecture (PoSA) [1]. This paper presents a non-software examples of the Reflection pattern. We present a simple and household example and an example in the immune system. We believe our work helps understand the intent, structure and consequences of the Reflection pattern.

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