Software Architect's Handbook

Presenter

The presenter is the intermediary between the model and the view. It interacts with both of them. Each view has a presenter and the view notifies the presenter of user actions. The presenter updates the model and receives state changes from the model.

A presenter will receive data from the model and format it for the view to display, taking an active role in presentation logic. Presenters encapsulate presentation logic and views play a more passive role.

Unlike the MVC pattern, where a controller can interact with multiple views, in the MVP pattern, each presenter typically handles one, and only one, view.