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Learning Python Design Patterns - Second Edition

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2016
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ISBN-13 9781785888038
Length 164 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Gennadiy Zlobin Gennadiy Zlobin
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Chetan Giridhar Chetan Giridhar
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction to Design Patterns 2. The Singleton Design Pattern FREE CHAPTER 3. The Factory Pattern – Building Factories to Create Objects 4. The Façade Pattern – Being Adaptive with Façade 5. The Proxy Pattern – Controlling Object Access 6. The Observer Pattern – Keeping Objects in the Know 7. The Command Pattern – Encapsulating Invocation 8. The Template Method Pattern – Encapsulating Algorithm 9. Model-View-Controller – Compound Patterns 10. The State Design Pattern 11. AntiPatterns Index

A UML class diagram


We will now discuss the Façade pattern with the help of the following UML diagram:

As we observe the UML diagram, you'll realize that there are three main participants in this pattern:

  • Façade: The main responsibility of a façade is to wrap up a complex group of subsystems so that it can provide a pleasing look to the outside world.

  • System: This represents a set of varied subsystems that make the whole system compound and difficult to view or work with.

  • Client: The client interacts with the Façade so that it can easily communicate with the subsystem and get the work completed. It doesn't have to bother about the complex nature of the system.

You will now learn a little more about the three main participants from the data structure's perspective.

Façade

The following points will give us a better idea of Façade:

  • It is an interface that knows which subsystems are responsible for a request

  • It delegates the client's requests to the appropriate subsystem objects using composition

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