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| Category | creational | structural |
| Summary | Construct a complex object step by step so the same construction process can create different representations. | — |
| Intent | Separate the construction of a complex object from its final representation. | Provide a surrogate or placeholder for another object to control access to it. |
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| Problem | Constructing complex objects directly can make required steps, optional values, and validation hard to manage. | A client needs to interact with an object indirectly because the real object may be expensive, sensitive, or remote. |
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| Integration notes | Builder is most useful when construction must happen in controlled steps and the final object has many optional or ordered parts. | Proxy is useful for lazy loading, access control, caching, logging, and remote service wrappers. |