You can find an overview of a lot design patterns in Wikipedia. It also mentions which patterns are mentioned by GoF. I'll sum them up here and try to assign as much as possible pattern implementations found in both the Java SE and Java EE API's.
Creational patterns
Abstract factory (recognizeable by creational methods returning an abstract/interface type)
java.util.Calendar#getInstance()
java.util.Arrays#asList()
java.util.ResourceBundle#getBundle()
java.net.URL#openConnection()
java.sql.DriverManager#getConnection()
java.sql.Connection#createStatement()
java.sql.Statement#executeQuery()
java.text.NumberFormat#getInstance()
-
java.lang.management.ManagementFactory
(allgetXXX()
methods) java.nio.charset.Charset#forName()
javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory#newInstance()
javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory#newInstance()
javax.xml.xpath.XPathFactory#newInstance()
Builder (recognizeable by creational methods returning the instance itself)
-
java.lang.StringBuilder#append()
(unsynchronized) -
java.lang.StringBuffer#append()
(synchronized) -
java.nio.ByteBuffer#put()
(also onCharBuffer
,ShortBuffer
,IntBuffer
,LongBuffer
,FloatBuffer
andDoubleBuffer
) javax.swing.GroupLayout.Group#addComponent()
- All implementations of
java.lang.Appendable
Factory method (recognizeable by creational methods returning a concrete type)
-
java.lang.Object#toString()
(overrideable in all subclasses) java.lang.Class#newInstance()
-
java.lang.Integer#valueOf(String)
(also onBoolean
,Byte
,Character
,Short
,Long
,Float
andDouble
) java.lang.Class#forName()
java.lang.reflect.Array#newInstance()
java.lang.reflect.Constructor#newInstance()
Prototype (recognizeable by creational methods returning a different instance of itself with the same properties)
-
java.lang.Object#clone()
(the class has to implementjava.lang.Cloneable
)
Singleton (recognizeable by creational methods returning the same instance (usually of itself) everytime)
Structural patterns
Adapter (recognizeable by creational methods taking an instance of different abstract/interface type and returning an implementation of own/another abstract/interface type which decorates/overrides the given instance)
-
java.io.InputStreamReader(InputStream)
(returns aReader
) -
java.io.OutputStreamWriter(OutputStream)
(returns aWriter
) -
javax.xml.bind.annotation.adapters.XmlAdapter#marshal()
and#unmarshal()
Bridge (recognizeable by creational methods taking an instance of different abstract/interface type and returning an implementation of own abstract/interface type which delegates/uses the given instance)
- None comes to mind yet. A fictive example would be
new LinkedHashMap(LinkedHashSet<K>, List<V>)
which returns an unmodifiable linked map which doesn't clone the items, but uses them. Thejava.util.Collections#newSetFromMap()
andsingletonXXX()
methods however comes close.
Composite (recognizeable by behavioral methods taking an instance of same abstract/interface type)
java.util.Map#putAll(Map)
java.util.List#addAll(Collection)
java.util.Set#addAll(Collection)
-
java.nio.ByteBuffer#put(ByteBuffer)
(also onCharBuffer
,ShortBuffer
,IntBuffer
,LongBuffer
,FloatBuffer
andDoubleBuffer
) -
java.awt.Container#add(Component)
(practically all over Swing thus)
Decorator (recognizeable by creational methods taking an instance of same abstract/interface type)
- All subclasses of
java.io.InputStream
,OutputStream
,Reader
andWriter
have a constructor taking an instance of same type. - Almost all implementations of
java.util.List
,Set
andMap
have a constructor taking an instance of same type. -
java.util.Collections
, thecheckedXXX()
,synchronizedXXX()
andunmodifiableXXX()
methods. -
javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequestWrapper
andHttpServletResponseWrapper
Facade (recognizeable by behavioral methods which internally uses instances of different independent abstract/interface types)
-
javax.faces.context.FacesContext
, it internally uses among others the abstract/interface typesLifeCycle
,ViewHandler
,NavigationHandler
and many more without that the enduser has to worry about it (which are however overrideable by injection). -
javax.faces.context.ExternalContext
, which internally usesServletContext
,