Java Reference
In-Depth Information
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WHAT'S IN THIS CHAPTER?
An introduction to the intent of the façade pattern
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A brief discussion of the benei ts that the pattern brings
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Three ways that the pattern can be implemented: POJO, stateless,
and stateful session bean façade
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The important differences between the stateful and the stateless
session bean façade
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When and where to use this pattern
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Warnings about its use and potential pitfalls
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The façade pattern is one of the structural design patterns described in the GoF
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book. The
intent behind it is to encapsulate complicated business logic in a higher‐level interface that
makes access to a subsystem easier to use. This is often done by grouping related method calls
and invoking them sequentially from one method.
From a higher‐level view, every API can be considered an implementation of the façade pattern
since they provide a simple interface which hides its complexity. Any call to an API's method
results in the invocation of many other methods from a subsystem hidden behind it. An
example of a façade would be the
javax.servlet.http.HttpSession
interface. This hides the
complicated logic associated with maintaining the session while exposing its functionality via
a handful of simple‐to‐use methods.
