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How could I explain the Chain of Responsibility pattern to myself? # What is the Chain of Responsibility? A series of classes or functions that are capable of handing certain requests.These handlers are connected in a linked list where each handler is aware of the next handler in the list, or chain. If a handler is not capable of handling the request then it calls the next providing the request. The chain may be implemented such that multiple handlers can contribute to the completion of a single request. In this the request will need to be updated before being passed to the next handler. # Why is that a good idea? * It allows handers to be added or removed with minimal change to existing code. * It allows handlers to be re-ordered without editing the handlers or making large code changes. * Allows handling logic to be decoupled from other handling logic and tested independently. # Where would you use it? * At times where the execution order is likely to be changed often or dy...

How would I explain Command Object Pattern to Myself. What is it? The Command Object Pattern to encapsulate what would have otherwise been a function call inside an object that is abstracted away behind an interface. The Command Object Pattern is a pattern of four classes: The Command Implements the Command Interface and takes a dependency on the receiver. The command encapsulates everything needed to call the receiver. The Receiver The class being on by invoking the command. The Invoker Depends on an abstract Command interface. Does not know anything about the concrete implementation of the Command. The Client High level class responsible for connecting the invoker with commands. Why is it good? The Command Object Pattern facilitates using the Open Closed Principle on the Invoker. Making the Invoker open for extension and closed for modification by providing behaviour at run time. This allows for independent testing of components and component reuse. Where woul...

What is the Factory Method Pattern?  Using a method to create a new instance of an object rather than using the new keyword to call the constructor directly.  Why would you do that? This decouples the two classes by allowing the higher level class to change from creating an instance to requesting an instance of the lower level class. The advantage of decoupling the two classes by changing the nature of the relationship between the two of them. The higher level class no longer creates an instance of the lower level class. Instead this pattern means that the higher level class requests an instance of an interface.. This presents a number of advantages;  * It allows for object pooling of the lower level class. Some objects may be expensive to create, consume a lot of memory, or may require that there are a limited set of them in existence. In these cases a pool of objects can be created and they can be passed out to consumers. * It allows for the higher level class ...