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Java Design Patterns: A Hands-On Experience with Real-World Examples
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Java Design Patterns: A Hands-On Experience with Real-World Examples

by Vaskaran Sarcar
May 2022
Intermediate to advanced
678 pages
11h 48m
English
Apress
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V. SarcarJava Design Patternshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7971-7_13

13. Composite Pattern

Vaskaran Sarcar1  
(1)
Garia, Kolkata, India
 

This chapter covers the Composite pattern.

GoF Definition

It composes objects into tree structures to represent part-whole hierarchies. The Composite pattern lets clients treat individual objects and compositions of objects uniformly.

Concept

Consider a shop that sells different kinds of dried fruit such as cashews, dates, and walnuts. Each item has a certain price. Let’s assume that you can purchase individual items or you can purchase gift packs (or boxed items) which are composed of different dried fruit items. In this ...

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