Patterns in Java: A Catalog of Reusable Design Patterns Illustrated with UML

by Mark Grand

"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 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 11 Behavioral Patterns, 9 Structural Patterns, 7 Concurrency Patterns, 6 Creational Patterns, 5 Fundamental Design Patterns, and 3 Partitioning PatternsReal-world case studies that illustrate when and how to use the patternsIntroduction to UML with examples that demonstrate how to express patterns using UMLThe CD-ROM Java source code for the 41 design patternsTrial 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.

Genres: Programming, Computer Science, Reference, Nonfiction, Design, Technical

592 pages, ebook

First published September 28, 1998

Reviews

[Laurent]

A very neat book on design patterns. There was supposed to be a second volume, but I think it never came.