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Patterns Versus Templates

The templates or frameworks supplied by other tools provide some of the benefits of patterns. Typically, a template provides a means of copying a predefined solution.

Note: Inheritance is not the same as copying.

When an object inherits from an CA Plex pattern, the relationship is dynamic—changing a pattern automatically changes all the objects that inherit from the pattern.

Also note that patterns are created with CA Plex rather than being hard-coded into the tool. You can customize a Pattern Library by creating your own patterns that inherit from the supplied patterns. Or you can create your own patterns from scratch.