Design Patterns in PHP and Laravel

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Kelt Dockins, Design Patterns in PHP and Laravel, 10.1007/978-1-4842-2451-9_4

4. Builder

Kelt Dockins¹ 

(1)Dolph, Arkansas, USA

$> git checkout builder

Intent

Separate the construction of a complex object from its representation so that the same construction process can create different representations.¹

Applications

A builder is good for creating complex products. As discussed in the last chapter, a product can be anything. All the creational patterns focus on producing products. Some products are just naturally complex, though. So in that case, you can delegate the building process to a director and builder. More about that in just a second. A real-life example of the builder pattern is the construction of a car. An assembly line ...