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creationalAbstract FactoryView pattern
behavioralCommandView pattern
structuralCompositeView pattern
Basics
Categorycreationalbehavioralstructural
SummaryProvide an interface for creating families of related objects without specifying their concrete classes.Encapsulate a request as an object so it can be invoked, queued, logged, or undone independently of the receiver that performs the work.Compose objects into tree structures to represent part-whole hierarchies and let clients work with individual and composite objects through the same interface.
IntentProvide an interface for creating families of related objects without specifying their concrete classes.Encapsulate a request as an object so it can be invoked, queued, logged, or undone independently of the receiver that performs the work.Compose objects into tree structures to represent part-whole hierarchies and let clients work with individual and composite objects through the same interface.
Decision factors
ProblemClient code needs to create families of related objects, but hardcoding concrete classes makes the code rigid and hard to swap.A system needs to trigger actions without tightly coupling the code that requests an operation to the code that performs it, and it may also need queuing, history, or undo support.A system needs to treat individual objects and groups of objects uniformly, but the hierarchy becomes difficult to manage with separate code paths.
Tradeoffs
  • Adds an extra abstraction layer.
  • Can overcomplicate simple object creation.
  • Makes family-wide swapping and consistency much easier.
  • Introduces extra classes or objects for each action.
  • Can feel heavier than direct method calls when the workflow is simple.
  • Makes requests more flexible, loggable, and replayable.
  • Can make the design more abstract and harder to follow.
  • May require careful handling of operations that only apply to some nodes in the tree.
  • Makes recursive tree operations and client code much simpler.
Practical fit
Languages
  • typescript
  • java
  • python
  • react
  • angular
  • csharp
  • dotnet
  • typescript
  • java
  • python
  • angular
  • react
  • react-native
  • csharp
  • dotnet
  • typescript
  • java
  • python
  • angular
  • react
  • react-native
  • csharp
  • dotnet
Platforms
  • applications
  • ui systems
  • integration layers
  • frontend
  • backend
  • integration
  • web
  • backend
  • mobile
  • ui kits
  • cross-platform systems
Integration notesAbstract Factory is especially useful when your app must produce matching sets of related objects for a theme, provider, platform, or pipeline.Commands work well for UI actions, background jobs, workflow steps, and undoable operations because invokers can trigger commands without depending on receiver details.Composite is useful when a hierarchy of nested objects should expose a common interface, such as files and folders, menus and submenus, org charts, widget trees, or scene graphs.