CHAPTER 21
Composite Patterns
GoF Definition: Compose objects into tree structures to represent part-whole hierarchies. The composite pattern lets clients treat individual objects and compositions of objects uniformly.
Concept
This pattern can show part-whole hierarchy among objects. A client can treat a composite object just like a single object. In object-oriented programming, we make a composite object when we have many objects with common functionalities. This relationship is also termed a “has-a” relationship among objects.
Real-Life Example
We can think of any organization that has many departments, and in turn each department has many employees ...
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