Top "Proxy-pattern" questions

A design pattern that provides a placeholder for another object to control access, reduce cost, and reduce complexity.

How do the Proxy, Decorator, Adapter, and Bridge Patterns differ?

I was looking at the Proxy Pattern, and to me it seems an awful lot like the Decorator, Adapter, and …

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Differences between Proxy and Decorator Pattern

Can you give any good explanation what is the difference between Proxy and Decorator? The main difference I see is …

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What is the exact difference between Adapter and Proxy patterns?

As I understood both Adapter and Proxy patterns make two distinct/different classes/objects compatible with each for communication. And …

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Java fallback pattern

I'm trying to find a nice way of implementing a service which relies on a third-party library class. I also …

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