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Name: Decorator Design Pattern
ID: m26102
Language: English (en)
Summary: The Decorator Pattern is used for adding additional functionality to a particular object as opposed to a class of objects. It is easy to add functionality to an entire class of objects by subclassing an object, but it is impossible to extend a single object this way. With the Decorator Pattern, you can add functionality to a single object and leave others like it unmodified.
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: decorator, design, Object-oriented, pattern, programming
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 3.0
Authors: Stephen Wong (swong@rice.edu)
Copyright Holders: Stephen Wong (swong@rice.edu)
Maintainers: Stephen Wong (swong@rice.edu)
Latest version: 1.1 (history)
First publication date: Jun 26, 2009 11:15 am GMT-5
Last revision to module: Jun 26, 2009 1:58 pm GMT-5

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Version: 1.1 Jun 26, 2009 1:58 pm GMT-5 by Stephen Wong
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