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Name: State Design Pattern
ID: m17047
Language: English (en)
Summary: The State Design Pattern models objects that changes state, i.e. change behavior as a result of what has happened to them. This is also called "dynamic reclassification".
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: design, dynamic reclassification, encapsulation, object oriented, OOD, OOP, pattern, programming, state
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5 plus MathML//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 2.0)
Authors: Stephen Wong (swong@rice.edu), Dung Nguyen (dxnguyen@rice.edu)
Copyright Holders: Stephen Wong (swong@rice.edu), Dung Nguyen (dxnguyen@rice.edu)
Maintainers: Stephen Wong (swong@rice.edu), Dung Nguyen (dxnguyen@rice.edu)
Version: 1.2 (history)
Created: Jun 26, 2008 2:54 pm GMT-5
Revised: Jul 22, 2008 11:10 am GMT-5

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Version: 1.2 Jul 22, 2008 11:10 am GMT-5 by Stephen Wong
Changes: 
new authors added
Version: 1.1 Jun 26, 2008 2:57 pm GMT-5 by Stephen Wong
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