Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software

book Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides (1994)

The canonical catalog of 23 object-oriented design patterns. Each pattern name is a metaphor drawn from architecture, manufacturing, social roles, or physical processes. Established “pattern” as a shared vocabulary in software engineering.

Entries (21)

• The Abstract Factory Pattern — archetype
• The Adapter Pattern — archetype
• The Builder Pattern — archetype
• The Chain of Responsibility Pattern — archetype
• The Command Pattern — archetype
• The Composite Pattern — archetype
• The Decorator Pattern — archetype
• The Facade Pattern — archetype
• The Factory Pattern — archetype
• The Interpreter Pattern — archetype
• The Iterator Pattern — metaphor
• The Mediator Pattern — archetype
• The Memento Pattern — archetype
• The Observer Pattern — archetype
• The Prototype Pattern — archetype
• The Proxy Pattern — archetype
• The Singleton Pattern — archetype
• The State Pattern — metaphor
• The Strategy Pattern — archetype
• The Template Method Pattern — archetype
• The Visitor Pattern — archetype

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