Adopt Adapter
Software usually consists of a mixture of in-house and purchased
software that must work together to produce a seamless user
interface. But disparate software packages are not aware of each
other's object models, so they can't work...
Follow the Chain of Responsibility
The Chain of Responsibility (CoR) pattern decouples the sender and
receiver of a request by interposing a chain of objects between
them. In this installment of Java Design Patterns,
David Geary discusses the CoR pattern and two...
Make your apps fly
Allocating numerous objects can be detrimental to your
application's performance. In this installment of Java
Design Patterns, David Geary shows you how to implement
the Flyweight design pattern to greatly reduce the number of
objects...
Façade clears complexity
The Façade design pattern simplifies complex APIs by
providing a simplified interface to a complex subsystem. In this
installment of Java Design Patterns, David Geary
explores a built-in Swing façade for creating dialog boxes
and a...
How to navigate the deceptively simple Singleton pattern
The Singleton pattern is deceptively simple, even and especially for Java developers. In this classic JavaWorld article, David Geary demonstrates how Java developers implement singletons, with code examples for multithreading,...
An inside view of Observer
The Observer pattern lets you build extensible software with
pluggable objects by allowing communication between loosely coupled
objects. In his latest Java Design Patterns
column, David Geary explores the Observer pattern, how it's...
A look at the Composite design pattern
The Composite design pattern lets you treat primitive and composite
objects exactly the same. In his latest Java Design
Patterns column, David Geary explores how to implement the
Composite pattern and how to use it with the Tiles tag...
Take command of your software
The Command pattern lets an application framework make requests of
application-specific objects, without the framework knowing the
objects' exact type or the application-specific behavior they
implement. In his latest Java Design...
Strategy for success
The Strategy design pattern embodies two fundamental tenets of
object-oriented (OO) design: encapsulate the concept that
varies and program to an interface, not an
implementation. In this article, David Geary shows how to use
the...
Take control with the Proxy design pattern
The Proxy design pattern lets you substitute a proxy for an object.
In that capacity, proxies prove useful in many situations, ranging
from Web services to Swing icons. In this latest Java
Design Patterns installment, David Geary...
Amaze your developer friends with design patterns
Design patterns are proven techniques for implementing robust,
malleable, reusable, and extensible object-oriented software. To
launch his Java Design Patterns column, David
Geary introduces design patterns to Java developers and...
