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The command pattern has been often associated with these terms client, invoker and receiver. The client instantiates the command object and provides the information required to call the method at a later time. The invoker decides when the method should be called. The receiver is an instance of the class that contains the method's code. | The command pattern has been often associated with these terms client, invoker and receiver. The client instantiates the command object and provides the information required to call the method at a later time. The invoker decides when the method should be called. The receiver is an instance of the class that contains the method's code. | ||
The intent of the Command pattern can be listed as: | |||
#encapsulate a request in an object | |||
# allows the parametrization of clients with different requests | |||
# allows saving the requests in a queue | |||
=== Real life applications === | === Real life applications === | ||
Revision as of 01:48, 17 November 2012
Introduction to Command Pattern
The command pattern is one of the most used behavioral design patterns. The main concept of the pattern is an object which can be used to represent and encapsulate all the information needed to call a method at a later time. This information includes the method name, the object that owns the method and values for the method parameters.
The command pattern has been often associated with these terms client, invoker and receiver. The client instantiates the command object and provides the information required to call the method at a later time. The invoker decides when the method should be called. The receiver is an instance of the class that contains the method's code.
The intent of the Command pattern can be listed as:
- encapsulate a request in an object
- allows the parametrization of clients with different requests
- allows saving the requests in a queue