Gang of Four design pattern
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A Gang of Four design pattern is one of the foundational object-oriented software design solutions cataloged in the influential book "Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software."
All labels observed (2)
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| Gang of Four design patterns | 4 |
| Gang of Four design pattern canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Gang of Four design pattern Context triple: [Memento (design pattern), category, Gang of Four design pattern]
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A.
Strategy (design pattern)
Strategy is a behavioral design pattern that defines a family of interchangeable algorithms, encapsulates each one, and lets clients switch between them at runtime without changing their code.
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Composite pattern
The Composite pattern is a structural design pattern that lets you treat individual objects and compositions of objects uniformly by organizing them into tree-like hierarchies.
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Strategy pattern
The Strategy pattern is a behavioral design pattern that enables selecting an algorithm’s implementation at runtime by encapsulating each algorithm in a separate interchangeable class.
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Strangler Fig pattern
The Strangler Fig pattern is a software design and migration approach that incrementally replaces legacy systems by building new functionality around them until the old system can be safely retired.
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Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software is a seminal software engineering book by the "Gang of Four" that catalogues foundational object-oriented design patterns widely used in software development.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Gang of Four design pattern Target entity description: A Gang of Four design pattern is one of the foundational object-oriented software design solutions cataloged in the influential book "Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software."
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A.
Strategy (design pattern)
Strategy is a behavioral design pattern that defines a family of interchangeable algorithms, encapsulates each one, and lets clients switch between them at runtime without changing their code.
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B.
Composite pattern
The Composite pattern is a structural design pattern that lets you treat individual objects and compositions of objects uniformly by organizing them into tree-like hierarchies.
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C.
Strategy pattern
The Strategy pattern is a behavioral design pattern that enables selecting an algorithm’s implementation at runtime by encapsulating each algorithm in a separate interchangeable class.
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D.
Strangler Fig pattern
The Strangler Fig pattern is a software design and migration approach that incrementally replaces legacy systems by building new functionality around them until the old system can be safely retired.
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E.
Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software is a seminal software engineering book by the "Gang of Four" that catalogues foundational object-oriented design patterns widely used in software development.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
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| instanceOf |
object-oriented design pattern
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software design pattern ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | GoF design pattern NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | object-oriented programming ⓘ |
| describedBy | Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
favoring object composition over class inheritance
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programming to an interface ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
behavioral design pattern
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creational design pattern ⓘ structural design pattern ⓘ |
| hasExample |
Abstract Factory pattern
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Adapter pattern NERFINISHED ⓘ Bridge pattern ⓘ Builder pattern NERFINISHED ⓘ Chain of Responsibility pattern NERFINISHED ⓘ Command pattern NERFINISHED ⓘ Composite pattern NERFINISHED ⓘ Decorator pattern NERFINISHED ⓘ Facade pattern NERFINISHED ⓘ Factory Method pattern NERFINISHED ⓘ Flyweight pattern NERFINISHED ⓘ Interpreter pattern NERFINISHED ⓘ Iterator pattern NERFINISHED ⓘ Mediator pattern NERFINISHED ⓘ Memento pattern NERFINISHED ⓘ Observer pattern NERFINISHED ⓘ Prototype pattern NERFINISHED ⓘ Proxy pattern ⓘ Singleton pattern ⓘ State pattern NERFINISHED ⓘ Strategy pattern NERFINISHED ⓘ Template Method pattern NERFINISHED ⓘ Visitor pattern NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGoal |
improve flexibility of software
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improve maintainability of software ⓘ promote reusable software design ⓘ provide common design vocabulary ⓘ separate concerns in software design ⓘ |
| influenced |
enterprise design patterns
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framework and library APIs ⓘ modern software architecture ⓘ |
| introducedBy |
Erich Gamma
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John Vlissides NERFINISHED ⓘ Ralph Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Helm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageAgnostic | true ⓘ |
| partOf | Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publishedInYear | 1994 ⓘ |
| usedIn |
enterprise application development
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framework design ⓘ software engineering ⓘ |
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