A Gang of Four behavioral design pattern that defines a family of interchangeable algorithms, encapsulates each one, and lets client code select which algorithm to use at runtime without changing the code that uses it.
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Core PrincipleEnables selecting an algorithm at runtime from a family of algorithms. 2 Connections
Associated With
Erich Gamma, Pioneers Erich Gamma co-authored the 1994 Design Patterns book that named and catalogued the Strategy pattern among the original 23.
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1. Wikipedia: Design Patterns (book)
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Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software (1994) is a software engineering book describing software design patterns.
2. Strategy pattern, Wikipedia
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The strategy pattern enables selecting an algorithm at runtime.
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