Java Projects - Second Edition

Model View Controller

The Model View Controller (MVC) is a design pattern. Design patterns are programming constructs—simple structures that give hints on how to solve specific problems. The term design pattern was coined and formally described in the book Design Patterns, Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software, which was written by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, and John Vlissides. The book defines a design pattern as a structure with a name, a problem, and a solution. The name describes the pattern and gives the vocabulary for the developer community to use when talking about these patterns. It is important that different developers use the same language terminology in order to understand each other. The problem describes ...