A FACADE is an alternative interface for a subsystem that simplifies access for the client and makes the subsystem easier to use. Because we know exactly what functionality of the other system we want to use, we can create a FACADE that facilitates and streamlines access to those features and hides the rest. The FACADE does not change the model of the underlying system. It should be written strictly in accordance with the other system’s model. Otherwise, you will at best diffuse responsibility for translation into multiple objects and overload the FACADE and at worst end up creating yet
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