Practical Design Patterns for Java Developers: Hone your software design skills by implementing popular design patterns in Java

Length: 266 pages
Edition: 1
Language: English
Publisher: Packt Publishing
Publication Date: 2023-02-03
ISBN-10: 180461467X
ISBN-13: 9781804614679
Sales Rank: #2253367 (See Top 100 Books)

Unravel the power of Java design patterns by learning where to apply them effectively to solve specific software design and development problems

Key Features

Decouple logic across objects with dependency injection by creating various vehicles with features
Finalize vehicle construction by chaining handlers using the Chain of Responsibility Pattern
Plan and execute an advanced vehicle sensor initiation with the Scheduler Pattern

Book Description

Design patterns are proven solutions to standard problems in software design and development, allowing you to create reusable, flexible, and maintainable code. This book enables you to upskill by understanding popular patterns to evolve into a proficient software developer.

You’ll start by exploring the Java platform to understand and implement design patterns. Then, using various examples, you’ll create different types of vehicles or their parts to enable clarity in design pattern thinking, along with developing new vehicle instances using dedicated design patterns to make the process consistent. As you progress, you’ll find out how to extend vehicle functionalities and keep the code base structure and behavior clean and shiny. Concurrency plays an important role in application design, and you’ll learn how to employ a such design patterns with the visualization of thread interaction. The concluding chapters will help you identify and understand anti-pattern utilization in the early stages of development to address refactoring smoothly. The book covers the use of Java 17+ features such as pattern matching, switch cases, and instances of enhancements to enable productivity.

By the end of this book, you’ll have gained practical knowledge of design patterns in Java and be able to apply them to address common design problems.

What you will learn

Understand the most common problems that can be solved using Java design patterns
Uncover Java building elements, their usages, and concurrency possibilities
Optimize a vehicle memory footprint with the Flyweight Pattern
Explore one-to-many relations between instances with the observer pattern
Discover how to route vehicle messages by using the visitor pattern
Utilize and control vehicle resources with the thread-pool pattern
Understand the penalties caused by anti-patterns in software design

Who this book is for

If you are an intermediate-level Java developer or software architect looking to learn the practical implementation of software design patterns in Java, then this book is for you. No prior knowledge of design patterns is required, but an understanding of Java programming is necessary.

Practical Design Patterns for Java Developers
Foreword
Contributors
About the author
About the reviewer
Preface
    Who this book is for
    What this book covers
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    Conventions used
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Part 1: Design Patterns and Java Platform Functionalities
Chapter 1: Getting into Software Design Patterns
    Technical requirements
    Code – from symbols to program
    Examining OOP and APIE
        Only exposing what’s required – encapsulation
        Inevitable evolution – inheritance
        Behavior on demand – polymorphism
        Standard features – abstraction
        Gluing parts to APIE
    Understanding the SOLID design principles
        The single-responsibility principle (SRP) – the engine is just an engine
        The open-closed principle (OCP)
        The Liskov Substitution Principle (LSP) – substitutability of classes
        The interface segregation principle (ISP)
        The dependency inversion principle (DIP)
    Significance of design patterns
    Reviewing what challenges design patterns solve
    Summary
    Questions
    Further reading
Chapter 2: Discovering the Java Platform for Design Patterns
    Technical requirements
    Knocking on Java’s door
    Exploring the model and functionality of the Java platform
        The JDK
        The JRE
        The JVM
    Reviewing GC and the Java memory model
        The JMM
        GC and automatic memory management
    Examining the core Java APIs
        Primitive data types and wrappers
        Working with the String API
        Introducing arrays
        Discovering a collection framework
        Math APIs
    Functional programming and Java
        Introducing lambdas and functional interfaces
        Using functional interfaces in lambda expressions
    Getting to grips with the Java Module System
    A quick review of Java features from 11 to 17+
        The local variable syntax for lambda parameters (Java SE 11, JEP-323)
        Switch expressions (Java SE 14, JEP-361)
        Text blocks (Java SE 15, JEP-378)
        Pattern matching for instanceof (Java SE 16, JEP-394)
        Records (Java SE 16, JEP-395)
        Sealed classes (Java SE 17, JEP-409)
        UTF-8 by default (Java SE 18, JEP-400)
        Pattern matching for switch (Java SE 18, Second Preview, JEP-420)
    Understanding Java concurrency
        From a basic thread to executors
        Executing tasks
    Summary
    Questions
    Further reading
Part 2: Implementing Standard Design Patterns Using Java Programming
Chapter 3: Working with Creational Design Patterns
    Technical requirements
    It all starts with a class that becomes an object
    Creating objects based on input with the factory method pattern
        Motivation
        Finding it in the JDK
        Sample code
        Conclusion
    Creating objects from different families using the abstract factory pattern
        Motivation
        Finding it in the JDK
        Sample code
        Conclusion
    Instantiating complex objects with the builder pattern
        Motivation
        Finding it in the JDK
        Sample code
        Conclusion
    Cloning objects with the prototype pattern
        Motivation
        Finding it in the JDK
        Sample code
        Conclusion
    Ensuring only one instance with the singleton pattern
        Motivation
        Finding it in the JDK
        Sample code
        Conclusion
    Improving performance with the object pool pattern
        Motivation
        Finding it in the JDK
        Sample code
        Conclusion
    Initiating objects on demand with the lazy initialization pattern
        Motivation
        Finding it in the JDK
        Sample code
        Conclusion
    Reducing class dependencies with the dependency injection pattern
        Motivation
        Finding it in the JDK
        Sample code
        Conclusion
    Summary
    Questions
    Further reading
Chapter 4: Applying Structural Design Patterns
    Technical requirements
    Incompatible object collaboration with the adapter pattern
        Motivation
        Finding it in the JDK
        Sample code
        Conclusion
    Decoupling and developing objects independently with the bridge pattern
        Motivation
        Finding it in the JDK
        Sample code
        Conclusion
    Treating objects the same way using the composite pattern
        Motivation
        Finding it in the JDK
        Sample code
        Conclusion
    Extending object functionality by using the decorator pattern
        Motivation
        Finding it in the JDK
        Sample code
        Conclusion
    Simplifying communication with the facade pattern
        Motivation
        Finding it in the JDK
        Sample code
        Conclusion
    Using conditions to select desired objects with the filter pattern
        Motivation
        Finding it in the JDK
        Sample code
        Conclusion
    Sharing objects across an application with the flyweight pattern
        Motivation
        Finding it in the JDK
        Sample code
        Conclusion
    Handling requests with the front-controller pattern
        Motivation
        Finding it in the JDK
        Sample code
        Conclusion
    Identifying instances using the marker pattern
        Motivation
        Finding it in the JDK
        Sample code
        Conclusion
    Exploring the concept of modules with the module pattern
        Motivation
        Finding it in the JDK
        Sample code
        Conclusion
    Providing a placeholder for an object using the proxy pattern
        Motivation
        Finding it in the JDK
        Sample code
        Conclusion
    Discovering multiple inheritance in Java with the twin pattern
        Motivation
        Sample code
        Conclusion
    Summary
    Questions
    Further reading
Chapter 5: Behavioral Design Patterns
    Technical requirements
    Limiting expensive initialization using the caching pattern
        Motivation
        Finding it in the JDK
        Sample code
        Conclusion
    Handling events using the chain of responsibility pattern
        Motivation
        Finding it in the JDK
        Sample code
        Conclusion
    Turning information into action with the command pattern
        Motivation
        Finding it in the JDK
        Sample code
        Conclusion
    Giving meaning to the context using the interpreter pattern
        Motivation
        Finding it in the JDK
        Sample code
        Conclusion
    Checking all the elements with the iterator pattern
        Motivation
        Finding it in the JDK
        Sample code
        Conclusion
    Utilizing the mediator pattern for information exchange
        Motivation
        Finding it in the JDK
        Sample code
        Conclusion
    Restoring the desired state with the memento pattern
        Motivation
        Finding it in the JDK
        Sample code
        Conclusion
    Avoiding a null pointer exception state with the null object pattern
        Motivation
        Finding it in the JDK
        Sample code
        Conclusion
    Keeping all interested parties informed using the observer pattern
        Motivation
        Finding it in the JDK
        Sample code
        Conclusion
    Dealing with instance stages by using the pipeline pattern
        Motivation
        Finding it in the JDK
        Sample code
        Conclusion
    Changing object behavior with the state pattern
        Motivation
        Finding it in the JDK
        Sample code
        Conclusion
    Using the strategy pattern to change object behavior
        Motivation
        Finding it in the JDK
        Sample code
        Conclusion
    Standardizing processes with the template pattern
        Motivation
        Finding it in the JDK
        Sample code
        Conclusion
    Executing code based on the object type using the visitor pattern
        Motivation
        Finding it in the JDK
        Sample code
        Conclusion
    Summary
    Questions
    Further reading
Part 3: Other Essential Patterns and Anti-Patterns
Chapter 6: Concurrency Design Patterns
    Technical requirements
    Decoupling a method execution with an active object pattern
        Motivation
        Sample code
        Conclusion
    Non-blocking tasks using async method invocation pattern
        Motivation
        Sample code
        Conclusion
    Delay execution until the previous task is completed with the balking pattern
        Motivation
        Sample code
        Conclusion
    Providing a unique object instance with a double-checked locking pattern
        Motivation
        Sample code
        Conclusion
    Using purposeful thread blocking via a read-write lock pattern
        Motivation
        Sample code
        Conclusion
    Decoupling the execution logic with a producer-consumer pattern
        Motivation
        Sample code
        Conclusion
    Executing isolated tasks with the scheduler pattern
        Motivation
        Sample code
        Conclusion
    Effective thread utilization using a thread-pool pattern
        Motivation
        Sample code
        Conclusion
    Summary
    Questions
    Further reading
    Answers
Chapter 7: Understanding Common  Anti-Patterns
    Technical requirements
    What anti-patterns are and how to identify them
        Theoretical principles challenges
        Collecting technical debt as a bottleneck
        Inappropriately squeezing the capabilities of the Java platform
        Selecting the right tool
        Conclusion of the code smell anti-pattern
    Examining typical software anti-patterns
        Spaghetti code
        Cut and paste programming
        Blob
        Lava flow
        Functional decomposition
        Boat anchor
        Conclusion
    Understanding software architecture anti-patterns
        Golden hammer
        Continuous obsolescence
        Input kludge
        Working in a minefield
        Ambiguous viewpoint
        Poltergeists
        Dead end
        Conclusion
    Summary
    Further reading
Assessments
    Chapter 1 – Getting into Software Design Patterns
    Chapter 2 – Discovering the Java Platform for Design Patterns
    Chapter 3 – Working with Creational Design Patterns
    Chapter 4 – Applying Structural Design Patterns
    Chapter 5 – Behavioral Design Patterns
    Chapter 6 – Concurrency Design Patterns
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