A Gang of Four creational design pattern that separates the construction of a complex object from its representation, assembling the object step by step through a dedicated builder so the same construction process can produce different configurations.
Facts
Core PrincipleSeparates the construction of a complex object from its representation, so the same construction process can produce different representations of the object. 1 Connections
Associated With
Erich Gamma, Pioneers Erich Gamma co-authored the 1994 Design Patterns book that named and catalogued the Builder pattern among the original 23.
In Field
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Builder Pattern
Wikimedia FoundationReferences section
Gamma, Erich; Helm, Richard; Johnson, Ralph; Vlissides, John (1994). Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software. Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0-201-63361-2.
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The builder pattern separates the construction of a complex object from its representation.
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