Structural Patterns: An Introduction

A structural design pattern establishes a relationship between entities. It makes easier for different components of an application to interact with each other.

Following well known patterns are fall under structural patterns:

·         Adapter- Match interfaces of different classes

·         Bridge- Separates an objects interface from its implementation.

·         Composite – A tree structure of simple and composite objects.

·         Decorator- Add responsibilities to objects dynamically.

·         Facade-A single class that represents an entire subsystem.

·         Flyweight-A fine-grained instance used for efficient sharing.

·         Proxy- An object representing another object

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