Overview
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Learn how to use the seven most popular structural design patterns—Adapter, Bridge, Composite, Decorator, Façade, Flyweight, and Proxy—to write better, more maintainable Java code.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Improve code quality with structural design patterns
- What you should know
- What is a design pattern?
- Structural design patterns
- Understand the Adapter pattern
- Implement the Adapter pattern
- Challenge: The Adapter pattern
- Solution: The Adapter pattern
- Understand the Bridge pattern
- Avoid complex constructions
- Implement the Bridge pattern
- Challenge: The Bridge pattern
- Solution: The Bridge pattern
- Understand the Composite pattern
- Example of when to use the Composite pattern
- Implement the Composite pattern
- Challenge: The Composite pattern
- Solution: The Composite pattern
- Understand the Decorator pattern
- Implement a Decorator class
- Change component behavior dynamically
- Challenge: The Decorator pattern
- Solution: The Decorator pattern
- Understand the Façade pattern
- Implement the Façade pattern
- Challenge: The Façade pattern
- Solution:The Façade pattern
- Understand the Flyweight pattern
- Recognize where to use the Flyweight pattern
- Implement the Fyweight pattern
- Challenge: The Flyweight pattern
- Solution: The Flyweight pattern
- Understand the Proxy pattern
- Recognize where to use the Proxy pattern
- Implement the Proxy pattern
- Challenge: The Proxy pattern
- Solution: The Proxy pattern
- Next steps
