# Pattern editor

The Pattern editor provides specialized features for editing a pattern model.

The editor includes the following features:

- Multiple pages editor : one page per concept
- Names validation : pattern, parameters, methods
- Automatic generation of internal content
- Links with external editors : templates and Java code

The only ways to invoke the Pattern editor is either by double-clicking an in-development pattern in the Factory Component Explorer view, or by double-clicking a deployed one in the Factory Components view.

The editor is also automatically invoked when a new pattern is created, using the New Pattern Wizard.

Pattern

The editor pages are detailed in the following sections :
Overview Page
Production Page
Specification Page
Inheritance Page
Implementation Page

Views allowing the editor to be opened :
Factory Component Explorer
Factory Components