What is Decorator Design Pattern in Java.
The formal definition of the Decorator pattern from the GoF book (Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software, 1995, Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Pearson Addison Wesley) says you can,
"Attach additional responsibilities to an object dynamically. Decorators
provide a flexible alternative to subclassing for extending functionality."
Let's say we have a Pizza and we want to decorate it with toppings such as Chicken Masala, Onion and Mozzarella Cheese. Let's see how to implement it in Java ...
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Program to demonstrate how to implement Decorator Design Pattern in Java.
1. Pizza.java
package com.hubberspot.designpattern.structural.decorator;
public class Pizza {
public Pizza() {
}
public String description(){
return "Pizza";
}
}
2. PizzaToppings.java
package com.hubberspot.designpattern.structural.decorator;
public abstract class PizzaToppings extends Pizza {
public abstract String description();
}
3. ChickenMasala.java
package com.hubberspot.designpattern.structural.decorator;
public class ChickenMasala extends PizzaToppings {
private Pizza pizza;
public ChickenMasala(Pizza pizza) {
this.pizza = pizza;
}
@Override
public String description() {
return pizza.description() + " with chicken masala, ";
}
}
4. Onion.java
package com.hubberspot.designpattern.structural.decorator;
public class Onion extends PizzaToppings {
private Pizza pizza;
public Onion(Pizza pizza) {
this.pizza = pizza;
}
@Override
public String description() {
return pizza.description() + "onions, ";
}
}
5. Mozzarella.java
package com.hubberspot.designpattern.structural.decorator;
public class MozzarellaCheese extends PizzaToppings {
private Pizza pizza;
public MozzarellaCheese(Pizza pizza) {
this.pizza = pizza;
}
@Override
public String description() {
return pizza.description() + "and mozzarella cheese.";
}
}
6. TestDecorator.java
package com.hubberspot.designpattern.structural.decorator;
public class TestDecorator {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Pizza pizza = new Pizza();
pizza = new ChickenMasala(pizza);
pizza = new Onion(pizza);
pizza = new MozzarellaCheese(pizza);
System.out.println("You're getting " + pizza.description());
}
}
Output of the program :
