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Mar 31 2008

The Illustrated Design Patterns Spotter Guide

time to read 1 min | 22 words

What is the name of the pattern here?

QuoteGeneratorRule.Evaluate()
RoutingBase.Route()
AuthorizationRule.CheckAuthorization()

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30 Mar 2008
23:32 PM

Pyotr

Front Controller with Command Pattern?

31 Mar 2008
00:35 AM

Anon

Smugness?

31 Mar 2008
00:49 AM

Adam V.

The SomethingDoer-DoIt pattern?

31 Mar 2008
06:15 AM

Yuri

delegate?

31 Mar 2008
06:16 AM

Ian

Pyotr, now you're just making stuff up.

31 Mar 2008
06:57 AM

Reshef

Looks like "Tell, don't ask" but this is more a principle than a pattern...

31 Mar 2008
07:56 AM

Robert

It looks like a strategy for me

31 Mar 2008
08:51 AM

Terry

This is the "Command Pattern", no? I seem to have at least one of these per project.

31 Mar 2008
10:12 AM

Ayende Rahien

Terry,

Yes, absolutely.

31 Mar 2008
10:33 AM

Ken Egozi

I'm with Adam

31 Mar 2008
13:58 PM

Jeremy Wiebe

Singleton
Singleton
Singleton

;-)

31 Mar 2008
13:58 PM

Doug Ferguson

Strategy pattern.

31 Mar 2008
19:56 PM

Mohan Kumar

Chain of Responsibility

31 Mar 2008
20:20 PM

Dave Foley

I agree with Doug, especially if the concrete types are resolved based on some other business rules (i.e. a different strategy is used based on some different criteria).

01 Apr 2008
17:08 PM

Manuel Martone

Singleton!!!!!

02 Apr 2008
15:45 PM

abe

HAHAHA! Smug pattern!

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