Bridge Design Pattern
definition
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UML class diagram
participants
The classes and/or objects participating in this pattern are:
- Abstraction (BusinessObject)
- defines the abstraction's interface.
- maintains a reference to an object of type Implementor.
- RefinedAbstraction (CustomersBusinessObject)
- extends the interface defined by Abstraction.
- Implementor (DataObject)
- defines the interface for implementation classes. This interface doesn't have to correspond exactly to Abstraction's interface; in fact the two interfaces can be quite different. Typically the Implementation interface provides only primitive operations, and Abstraction defines higher-level operations based on these primitives.
- ConcreteImplementor (CustomersDataObject)
- implements the Implementor interface and defines its concrete implementation.
sample code in C#
This structural code demonstrates the Bridge pattern which separates (decouples) the interface from its implementation. The implementation can evolve without changing clients which use the abstraction of the object.
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// Bridge pattern -- Structural example
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using System; namespace DoFactory.GangOfFour.Bridge.Structural { // MainApp test application class MainApp { static void Main() { Abstraction ab = new RefinedAbstraction(); // Set implementation and call ab.Implementor = new ConcreteImplementorA(); ab.Operation(); // Change implemention and call ab.Implementor = new ConcreteImplementorB(); ab.Operation(); // Wait for user Console.Read(); } } // "Abstraction" class Abstraction { protected Implementor implementor; // Property public Implementor Implementor { set{ implementor = value; } } public virtual void Operation() { implementor.Operation(); } } // "Implementor" abstract class Implementor { public abstract void Operation(); } // "RefinedAbstraction" class RefinedAbstraction : Abstraction { public override void Operation() { implementor.Operation(); } } // "ConcreteImplementorA" class ConcreteImplementorA : Implementor { public override void Operation() { Console.WriteLine("ConcreteImplementorA Operation"); } } // "ConcreteImplementorB" class ConcreteImplementorB : Implementor { public override void Operation() { Console.WriteLine("ConcreteImplementorB Operation"); } } } |
Output
ConcreteImplementorA Operation
ConcreteImplementorB Operation |
This real-world code demonstrates the Bridge pattern in which a BusinessObject abstraction is decoupled from the implementation in DataObject. The DataObject implementations can evolve dynamically without changing any clients.
// Bridge pattern -- Real World example
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using System; using System.Collections; namespace DoFactory.GangOfFour.Bridge.RealWorld { // MainApp test application class MainApp { static void Main() { // Create RefinedAbstraction Customers customers = new Customers("Chicago"); // Set ConcreteImplementor customers.Data = new CustomersData(); // Exercise the bridge customers.Show(); customers.Next(); customers.Show(); customers.Next(); customers.Show(); customers.New("Henry Velasquez"); customers.ShowAll(); // Wait for user Console.Read(); } } // "Abstraction" class CustomersBase { private DataObject dataObject; protected string group; public CustomersBase( string group) { this.group = group; } // Property public DataObject Data { set{ dataObject = value; } get{ return dataObject; } } public virtual void Next() { dataObject.NextRecord(); } public virtual void Prior() { dataObject.PriorRecord(); } public virtual void New( string name) { dataObject.NewRecord(name); } public virtual void Delete( string name) { dataObject.DeleteRecord(name); } public virtual void Show() { dataObject.ShowRecord(); } public virtual void ShowAll() { Console.WriteLine("Customer Group: " + group); dataObject.ShowAllRecords(); } } // "RefinedAbstraction" class Customers : CustomersBase { // Constructor public Customers( string group) : base(group) { } public override void ShowAll() { // Add separator lines Console.WriteLine(); Console.WriteLine ("------------------------"); base.ShowAll(); Console.WriteLine ("------------------------"); } } // "Implementor" abstract class DataObject { public abstract void NextRecord(); public abstract void PriorRecord(); public abstract void NewRecord( string name); public abstract void DeleteRecord( string name); public abstract void ShowRecord(); public abstract void ShowAllRecords(); } // "ConcreteImplementor" class CustomersData : DataObject { private ArrayList customers = new ArrayList(); private int current = 0; public CustomersData() { // Loaded from a database customers.Add("Jim Jones"); customers.Add("Samual Jackson"); customers.Add("Allen Good"); customers.Add("Ann Stills"); customers.Add("Lisa Giolani"); } public override void NextRecord() { if (current <= customers.Count - 1) { current++; } } public override void PriorRecord() { if (current > 0) { current--; } } public override void NewRecord( string name) { customers.Add(name); } public override void DeleteRecord( string name) { customers.Remove(name); } public override void ShowRecord() { Console.WriteLine(customers[current]); } public override void ShowAllRecords() { foreach ( string name in customers) { Console.WriteLine(" " + name); } } } } |
Output
Jim Jones
Samual Jackson Allen Good ------------------------ Customer Group: Chicago Jim Jones Samual Jackson Allen Good Ann Stills Lisa Giolani Henry Velasquez ------------------------ |