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Kotlin for Enterprise Applications using Java EE

You're reading from   Kotlin for Enterprise Applications using Java EE Develop, test, and troubleshoot enterprise applications and microservices with Kotlin and Java EE

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788997270
Length 388 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Raghavendra Rao K Raghavendra Rao K
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Preface 1. Kotlin – A First look FREE CHAPTER 2. Kotlin – The Game Changer 3. An Overview of Java EE and Kotlin 4. Kotlin with JSF and CDI 5. Kotlin with JPA and EJB 6. Enterprise Messaging with Kotlin 7. Developing RESTful Services with JAX-RS 8. Securing JAVA EE Applications with Kotlin 9. Implementing Microservices with Kotlin 10. Performance Monitoring and Logging 11. Design Patterns with Kotlin 12. Other Books You May Enjoy

Implementing the decorator pattern

The decorator design pattern is a structural, hierarchical pattern that is used to dynamically extend or alter the functionality of objects at runtime. This pattern builds the functionality at each level without altering the existing structure using the composition from similar data types. It does this by wrapping them in an object of a decorator class, providing the additional functionality and leaving the original object intact without any modification.

Using this pattern, we can add functionality by wrapping an object inside another without affecting the other parts of the hierarchy in the system. This is also known as a wrapper as it wraps the objects. This differs from adding functionalities to objects at design-time, which generally involves inheritance. To add any functionality, we have to create a new class and create a subclass that...

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