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Mediator Pattern Explained

The Mediator pattern defines an object that encapsulates complex communication between other objects. It allows objects to communicate indirectly, reducing coupling. The Mediator pattern includes colleagues that communicate with each other and a centralized Mediator that manages the communication between colleagues. This provides advantages such as hiding coordination complexity and decoupling objects, while potentially making the Mediator complicated with many colleagues.

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Mediator Pattern Explained

The Mediator pattern defines an object that encapsulates complex communication between other objects. It allows objects to communicate indirectly, reducing coupling. The Mediator pattern includes colleagues that communicate with each other and a centralized Mediator that manages the communication between colleagues. This provides advantages such as hiding coordination complexity and decoupling objects, while potentially making the Mediator complicated with many colleagues.

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Mediator Pattern

Design Patterns
Motivating Example

 When you have many objects of a similar type that need to


communicate with each other
 The communication between objects is complex
Definition

Define an object that encapsulates how a set of objects interact.


Mediator promotes loose coupling by keeping objects from
referring to each other explicitly, and it lets you vary their
interaction independently.
Gamma et al., 1995
Components

 Colleagues
 Individual components that need to communicate with each other
 Implement the same base type (abstract class or interface)
 Have knowledge of the Mediator component
Components

 Mediator
 The centralized component that managed communication between the
colleague components
 Implements an abstraction that is used by the Colleague components
Advantages & Disadvantages

Advantages:
 Hides all coordination between colleagues
 Decoupled colleagues
 Mediator’s one-to-many relationship with colleagues is
preferred to colleagues relating in a many-to-many fashion

Disadvantages:
 The Mediator can become very large and very complicated as
more colleagues are handled
Summary

 Mediator provides a centralized location for communication


between many instances of like classes
 Enhances decoupling
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