Patterns in Java: A Catalog of Reusable Design Patterns Illustrated with UML: v. 1 - Softcover

Grand, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471258393 ISBN 13: 9780471258391

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1998

Synopsis

"This is the best book on patterns since the Gang of Four′s Design Patterns. The book manages to be a resource for three of the most important trends in professional programming: Patterns, Java, and UML."
Larry O′Brien, Founding Editor, Software Development Magazine

Since the release of Design Patterns in 1994, patterns have become one of the most important new technologies contributing to software design and development. In this volume Mark Grand presents 41 design patterns that help you create more elegant and reusable designs. He revisits the 23 "Gang of Four" design patterns from the perspective of a Java programmer and introduces many new patterns specifically for Java. Each pattern comes with the complete Java source code and is diagrammed using UML.

Patterns in Java, Volume 1 gives you:

• 11 Behavioral Patterns, 9 Structural Patterns, 7 Concurrency Patterns, 6 Creational Patterns, 5 Fundamental Design Patterns, and 3 Partitioning Patterns
• Real–world case studies that illustrate when and how to use the patterns
• Introduction to UML with examples that demonstrate how to express patterns using UML

The CD–ROM contains:

• Java source code for the 41 design patterns
• Trial versions of Together/J Whiteboard Edition from Object International (www.togetherj.com); Rational Rose 98 from Rational Software (www.rational.com); System Architect from Popkin Software (www.popkin.com); and OptimizeIt from Intuitive Systems, Inc.

About this title

Review

Dealing as it does in patterns, which are generalised high level solutions to computing problems; Java, which is the language de jour, and UML (Unified Modelling Language)--this a highly fashionable book.

It's aimed at professional programmers and builds on the seminal Design Patterns, which had 23 of them. This book has 41 (including the original 23) broken down into fundamental, creational, partitioning, structural, behavioural and concurrency patterns.

Each pattern is treated in sections: synopsis, context, forces, solution, consequences, Java API usage, code example and related patterns. You also get an overview of UML and a section on software life cycles.

Patterns generalise whole classes of problems without getting bogged down in actual cases- -though specific cases are used to illustrate them. The idea is to provide you with high- level solutions to common problems. It isn't light reading and it won't turn a tyro into a wizard. It will, though, enable the wizard to explain solutions and the tyro to take advantage of the explanation.

One of the more useful features of Patterns In Java is the way discussion of the consequences of modelling problems in different ways illuminates the software design process. For example, the discussion on parsing little languages in the behavioural section (based on the interpreter pattern in Design Patterns) is excellent. All the examples are supplied with the book on CD-ROM. --Steve Patient

Review

...I'd recommend this book to anyone who is familiar with the GOF book and would like to see how the ideas map over to Java. If you want to learn UML as well, all the better! -- CVu, 11/4, May 1999

This is the best book on patterns since the Gang of Four's Design Patterns. The book manages to be a resource for three of the most important trends in professional programming: Patterns, Java, and UML. -- Larry O'Brien, Founding Editor, Software Development Magazine

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0471258393
• ISBN 13: 9780471258391
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 480