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Design Patterns and Best Practices in Java

You're reading from   Design Patterns and Best Practices in Java A comprehensive guide to building smart and reusable code in Java

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786463593
Length 280 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Kamalmeet Singh Kamalmeet Singh
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Lucian-Paul Torje Lucian-Paul Torje
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Sumith Kumar Puri Sumith Kumar Puri
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Adrian Ianculescu Adrian Ianculescu
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Preface 1. From Object-Oriented to Functional Programming FREE CHAPTER 2. Creational Patterns 3. Behavioral Patterns 4. Structural Patterns 5. Functional Patterns 6. Let's Get Reactive 7. Reactive Design Patterns 8. Trends in Application Architecture 9. Best Practices in Java 10. Other Books You May Enjoy

The interpreter pattern

Computers are supposed to interpret sentences or evaluate expressions. If we have to write a sequence of code that is supposed to deal with such a requirement, first of all, we need to know the structure; we need to have an internal representation of the expression or the sentence. In many situations, the most appropriate structure to use is a composite one based on the composite pattern. We will further discuss the composite pattern in Chapter 4, Structural Patterns, for now, we can think of composite representation as grouping objects of a similar nature together.

Intent

The interpreter pattern defines the representation of the grammar along with the interpretation.

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