Strategy Design Pattern

Technical University­Berlin

 Winter Semester 2008 ­ 2009

M.Shafi Tokhi
 Design pattern
● Design patterns are common solutions for software
problems.
● In software engineering, a design pattern is a general
reusable solution to a commonly occurring problem in
software design. A design pattern is not a finished
design that can be transformed directly into code. It is
a description or template for how to solve a problem
that can be used in many different situations.
(Wikipedia)
 Design Patterns
● Strategy Design Pattern
● Decorator Design Pattern
● Factory Design Pattern
● Observer Design Pattern
 Strategy Design Pattern
● is a particular software design pattern,
whereby algorithms can be selected at
runtime.
● The strategy pattern is useful for situations where it is
necessary to dynamically swap the algorithms used in
an application. The strategy pattern is intended to
provide a means to define a family of algorithms,
encapsulate each one as an object, and make them
interchangeable
 public abstract class Vehicle{
public Vehicle(){
}
public void go(){ Problem:
System.out.println(”I am driving Now ”); What Happen if we
}
} have some other
vehicles
with driving , Flying,
public class BMW extends Vehicle{
public BMW(){ Flying Fast
} behaviours?
}

public static void main(String[] args){

BMW bmv = new BMW();
bmW.go();
.
.
.
}

I am driving Now
 Overview of Strategy Design pattern

doTask()
{ }

doTask() Solution:
{
overriding code
Strategy Design Pattern
}

doTask()
{
more overriding code
}
 Strategy Design Pattern

Your code Algorithm object 1

Algorithm object 2
Algorithm Variable
Algorithm object 3

Algorithm object 4

Algorithm object 5
public interface GoAlgorithm{
public void go();
}

public class GoByDrivingAlgorithm implements GoAlgorithm{

public void go(){
System.out.println("I am driving now..... ");
}
}

public class GoByFlyingAlgorithm implements GoAlgorithm{

public void go(){

System.out.println("I am flying ... ");
}
}

public class GoByFlyingFast implements GoAlgorithm{

public void go(){
System.out.println("I am flying fast... ");
}
}
public abstract class Vehicle{

private GoAlgorithm goAlgorithm;

public Vehicle(){
}
public void setGoAlgorithm(GoAlgorithm algorithm){
goAlgorithm = algorithm;
}

public void go(){

goAlgorithm.go();
}
}
public class BMW extends Vehicle{

public BMW(){
setGoAlgorithm(new GoByDrivingAlgorithm());
}
}

public class MercedesBenz extends Vehicle{

public MercedesBenz(){
setGoAlgorithm(new GoByDrivingAlgorithm());
}
}

public class Helicopter extends Vehicle{

public Helicopter(){
setGoAlgorithm(new GoByFlyingAlgorithm());
}
}

public class Jet extends Vehicle{

public Jet(){
setGoAlgorithm(new GoByFlyingFast());
}
}
 Testing..
public class Run{

public static void main(String[] args){

Vehicle v;
System.out.println("starting...");
v = new MercedesBenz();
v.go();
v = new BMW();
v.go();
v = new Helicopter();
v.go();
v = new Jet();
v.go();
}
}
 Task For You!
(5 Marks)

● What are design pattrens and why we use

them? (write what you have learned from
this presentation)

● What is Strategy design pattern? Explain

what you have learned so far.