Decorator Pattern

A Decorator
Allows dynamic allocation of new behaviours
within the object - at runtime

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When to use it:

⬡ For avoiding “Class Explosion”

⬡ When altering the behaviour of an object
without physically changing the class
⬡ To modify the behaviour of only one object in a
class

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Advantages/Disadvantages

Advantage : Runtime execution

(inheritance at compile time)

Disadvantage: Use of similar kinds of objects

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 Implementation
1. Define decorator object that implement an interface of the extended
(decorated) object (component) by forwarding all requests to it
2. Perform the additional functionality before/after forwarding the request

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Examples of use:

⬡ In most Java IO classes : FileReader, BufferReader

⬡ Window Class, Horizontal and Vertical scroll as decorators
⬡ Coffee shop Ex.

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