Design Patterns Prototype Pattern
Design Patterns Prototype Pattern
Design Patterns Prototype Pattern
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Prototype pattern refers to creating duplicate object while keeping performance in mind. This type of design
pattern comes under creational pattern as this pattern provides one of the best ways to create an object.
This pattern involves implementing a prototype interface which tells to create a clone of the current object.
This pattern is used when creation of object directly is costly. For example, an object is to be created after a
costly database operation. We can cache the object, returns its clone on next request and update the database
as and when needed thus reducing database calls.
Implementation
We're going to create an abstract class Shape and concrete classes extending the Shape class. A class
ShapeCache is defined as a next step which stores shape objects in a Hashtable and returns their clone when
requested.
PrototypPatternDemo, our demo class will use ShapeCache class to get a Shape object.
Step 1
Create an abstract class implementing Clonable interface.
Shape.java
public abstract class Shape implements Cloneable {
private String id;
protected String type;
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Step 2
Create concrete classes extending the above class.
Rectangle.java
public class Rectangle extends Shape {
public Rectangle(){
type = "Rectangle";
}
@Override
public void draw() {
System.out.println("Inside Rectangle::draw() method.");
}
}
Square.java
public class Square extends Shape {
public Square(){
type = "Square";
}
@Override
public void draw() {
System.out.println("Inside Square::draw() method.");
}
}
Circle.java
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Step 3
Create a class to get concrete classes from database and store them in a Hashtable.
ShapeCache.java
import java.util.Hashtable;
public class ShapeCache {
private static Hashtable<String, Shape> shapeMap
Step 4
PrototypePatternDemo uses ShapeCache class to get clones of shapes stored in a Hashtable.
PrototypePatternDemo.java
public class PrototypePatternDemo {
public static void main(String[] args) {
ShapeCache.loadCache();
Shape clonedShape = (Shape) ShapeCache.getShape("1");
System.out.println("Shape : " + clonedShape.getType());
Shape clonedShape2 = (Shape) ShapeCache.getShape("2");
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Step 5
Verify the output.
Shape : Circle
Shape : Square
Shape : Rectangle
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