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Chain of Responsibilitybehavioral
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Compositestructural
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Criteria	behavioralChain of ResponsibilityView pattern	structuralCompositeView pattern	behavioralVisitorView pattern
Basics
Category	behavioral	structural	behavioral
Summary	Pass a request through a sequence of handlers until one handles it or the chain ends.	Compose objects into tree structures to represent part-whole hierarchies and let clients work with individual and composite objects through the same interface.	—
Intent	Pass requests along a chain of handlers until one of them handles the request or the request reaches the end of the chain.	Compose objects into tree structures to represent part-whole hierarchies and let clients work with individual and composite objects through the same interface.	Separate an algorithm from the object structure it operates on by moving behavior into visitor objects.
Decision factors
Problem	A request must pass through multiple possible handlers, but the sender should not need to know which handler will process it.	A system needs to treat individual objects and groups of objects uniformly, but the hierarchy becomes difficult to manage with separate code paths.	You need to perform operations across a set of different object types without stuffing all the logic into the objects themselves.
Tradeoffs	Requests can become harder to trace because control flows through multiple handlers. A long chain may add overhead if many handlers are checked on every request. It keeps handler logic isolated and easier to extend.	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.	Requires updating the visitor interface when new element types are added Can be awkward if the object structure changes often
Practical fit
Languages	typescript java python angular react react-native csharp dotnet	typescript java python angular react react-native csharp dotnet	typescript java python angular react react-native csharp dotnet
Platforms	frontend backend integration	web backend mobile ui kits cross-platform systems	Web Backend Mobile UI kits Cross-platform systems
Integration notes	Chain of Responsibility is useful for validation pipelines, support routing, approval flows, and any system where requests may be processed by different handlers in sequence.	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.	Visitor is useful for AST processing, reporting, cart calculations, and exporting object structures to alternate formats.