Table of Contents
Preface
Part 1: Design Patterns and Java Platform Functionalities
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Getting into Software Design Patterns
Technical requirements
Code – from symbols to program
Examining OOP and APIE
Only exposing what’s required – encapsulation
Inevitable evolution – inheritance
Behavior on demand – polymorphism
Standard features – abstraction
Gluing parts to APIE
Understanding the SOLID design principles
The single-responsibility principle (SRP) – the engine is just an engine
The open-closed principle (OCP)
The Liskov Substitution Principle (LSP) – substitutability of classes
The interface segregation principle (ISP)
The dependency inversion principle (DIP)
Significance of design patterns
Reviewing what challenges design patterns solve
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