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The Visitor Design Pattern

The Visitor Design Pattern. What ’ s It All About?. Allows for new operations to be defined and used on elements of an object structure with out changing the contents of those elements. The Key is Double Dispatch. Where Applicable. Rarely Changing Object Structures Using Unrelated Operations

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The Visitor Design Pattern

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  1. The Visitor Design Pattern

  2. What’s It All About? • Allows for new operations to be defined and used on elements of an object structure with out changing the contents of those elements. • The Key is Double Dispatch

  3. Where Applicable • Rarely Changing Object Structures • Using Unrelated Operations • Many Classes with Differing Interfaces

  4. How it Works • Concrete Object Structure • Assume Rarely Changing • Bank Accounts

  5. Add an Inquiry Operation • Inquiry to Display Accounts • Don’t Want to Change Structure • Create a Visitor Structure • Account Visitor

  6. Account Visitor Interface

  7. Inquiry Visitor

  8. Account Structure Change

  9. Account Interface

  10. Checking Account

  11. Savings Account

  12. Main Method

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