Software Architect's Handbook

The Model-View-Presenter pattern

The Model-View-Presenter (MVP) pattern is a variation on the MVC pattern. Like the MVC pattern, it provides a separation between UI logic and business logic. However, the presenter takes the place of the controller in the MVP pattern.

Each view in the MVP pattern typically has a corresponding interface (view interface). Presenters are coupled with the view interfaces. As compared with the MVC pattern, the view is more loosely coupled to the model because the two do not interact with each other directly:

Both web and desktop applications can use the MVP pattern. The main components of this pattern are the