Understanding the Decorator Pattern
The Decorator Pattern is a powerful design pattern in the realm of software development, particularly useful when you need to add or alter behavior of objects dynamically at runtime without affecting the behavior of other objects from the same class. It promotes flexibility and extensibility in object-oriented design by emphasizing composition over inheritance. In this blog post, we'll delve into the Decorator Pattern, its components, and provide practical Java code examples to illustrate its usage. What is the Decorator Pattern? The Decorator Pattern is categorized under the structural design patterns. It allows behavior to be added to individual objects, either statically or dynamically, without affecting the behavior of other objects from the same class. This pattern is useful when you have a base object (or component) and want to add additional functionalities to it in a modular and flexible way. Key Participants in the Decorator Pattern Component : This is the base interf...