The memento pattern is a software design pattern that provides the ability to restore an object to its previous state (undo via rollback).
The memento pattern is implemented with two objects: the originator and a caretaker. The originator is some object that has an internal state. The caretaker is going to do something to the originator, but wants to be able to undo the change. The caretaker first asks the originator for a memento object. Then it does whatever operation (or sequence of operations) it was going to do. To roll back to the state before the operations, it returns the memento object to the originator. The memento object itself is an opaque object (one which the caretaker cannot, or should not, change). When using this pattern, care should be taken if the originator may change other objects or resources - the memento pattern operates on a single object.
Classic examples of the memento pattern include the seed of a pseudorandom number generator (it will always produce the same sequence thereafter when initialized with the seed state) and the state in a finite state machine.
importjava.util.List;importjava.util.ArrayList;class Originator {privateString state;// The class could also contain additional data that is not part of the// state saved in the memento.publicvoid set(String state){System.out.println("Originator: Setting state to "+ state);this.state= state;}public Memento saveToMemento(){System.out.println("Originator: Saving to Memento.");returnnew Memento(state);}publicvoid restoreFromMemento(Memento memento){
state = memento.getSavedState();System.out.println("Originator: State after restoring from Memento: "+ state);}publicstaticclass Memento {privatefinalString state;public Memento(String stateToSave){
state = stateToSave;}publicString getSavedState(){return state;}}}class Caretaker {publicstaticvoid main(String[] args){
List<Originator.Memento> savedStates =new ArrayList<Originator.Memento>();
Originator originator =new Originator();
originator.set("State1");
originator.set("State2");
savedStates.add(originator.saveToMemento());
originator.set("State3");// We can request multiple mementos, and choose which one to roll back to.
savedStates.add(originator.saveToMemento());
originator.set("State4");
originator.restoreFromMemento(savedStates.get(1));}}