CSC/ECE 517 Fall 2010/ch3 3h ss

The Strategy Pattern in Static and Dynamic Languages

The Strategy pattern is a common design pattern that defines algorithms into familial groupings. It encapsulates the individual algorithms and makes those algorithms interchangeable. Strategy allows the algorithms to differ autonomously from the clients who use them. ⁽¹⁾

Static Languages

The use of the Strategy design pattern in static languages requires the relations between classes and interfaces to be referenced by extending classes, implementing interfaces, instantiating objects, invoking methods, etc. ⁽²⁾

References

(1) Head First Design Patterns Freeman & Freeman

(2) OBJECTED-ORIENTED DESIGN PATTERN DETECTION USING STATIC AND DYNAMIC ANALYSIS IN JAVA SOFTWARE