CSC/ECE 517 Fall 2012/ch2b 2w37 ms

Adapter pattern and the related patterns (Bridge, Decorator, Facade)

The adapter design pattern allows the user to make changes to the existing class with other class libraries without changing the code for the existing class. The Bridge, Decorator and the Facade pattern look somewhat similar to the adapter pattern but their intent is different and that intent is what separates the above patterns from each other.