Design patterns II - Adapter pattern
There are 4 categories of design patterns called Gang of Four(GoF):
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Creational patterns
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Structural patterns
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Behavior patterns
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Concurrency patterns
Adapter pattern is a structural pattern.
Adapter pattern definition: Convert the interface of a class into another interface clients expect. An adapter lets classes work together that could not otherwise because of incompatible interfaces. The enterprise integration pattern equivalent is the translator.
UML:
For example, there are 2 targets that 2 different clients expects.
