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Hands-On Design Patterns with Java

You're reading from   Hands-On Design Patterns with Java Learn design patterns that enable the building of large-scale software architectures

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789809770
Length 360 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Dr. Edward Lavieri Jr. Dr. Edward Lavieri Jr.
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Introducing Design Patterns FREE CHAPTER
2. Unified Modeling Language Primer 3. Object-Oriented Design Patterns 4. Section 2: Original Design Patterns
5. Behavioral Design Patterns 6. Creational Design Patterns 7. Structural Design Patterns 8. Section 3: New Design Patterns
9. Architectural Patterns - Part I 10. Architectural Patterns - Part II 11. Functional Design Patterns 12. Reactive Design Patterns 13. Assessments 14. Other Books You May Enjoy

Implementing the facade design pattern

The facade design pattern creates an interface that is served as an interface to other interfaces within a system or subsystem. The benefits of using this design pattern are that subsystems are less complex, the reliance components is reduced, and communication between system components is minimized.

Consider the following illustrations. The image on the left shows the organization of a system and subsystems without a facade interface. The right-hand image shows the facade interface layered between the main classes and the subsystem:

System representation with and without a facade interface

As indicated in the diagram, the facade interface serves as an interface between the system and subsystem. It can also be correction inferred that the facade interface will prevent the unnecessary exposure of details to the system.

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