Spring 5 Design Patterns

Examining the core design patterns

Let's continue our journey into the core design patterns:

• Structural design pattern: Patterns under this category deal with the composition of classes or objects. In the enterprise application, there are two common techniques for reusing functionality in object-oriented systems as follows:
  • Inheritance: It is used to inherit commonly used states and behaviors from other classes.
  • Composition: It is used to compose the other objects as instance variables of classes. It defines ways to compose objects to obtain new functionalities.
• Behavioral design pattern: Patterns under this category characterize the ways in which classes or objects interact with and distribute responsibility. These patterns define the ...