Paper#:		09
Title:		Object Synchronization Pattern
Authors:	Anto'nio Rito Silva, Joa~o Pereira and Jose' Alves Marques
Contact:	Anto'nio Rito Silva
		INESC/IST Technical University of Lisbon
		R. Alves Redol 9, 
		1000 Lisboa, 
		PORTUGAL
e-mail: 	Rito.Silva@inesc.pt
Phone: 		+351-1-3100287, 
Fax: 		+351-1-3145843

This paper describes the Object Synchronization pattern which
decouples object synchronization from object concurrency and object
functionality (sequential part). This pattern supports several
synchronization policies and their customization. This pattern is
used when invocations to a shared object need to be controlled in
order to preserve its consistency. The solution described by this
pattern provides encapsulation, modularity, extensibility and reuse
of synchronization policies.