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Scala Design Patterns

By : Ivan Nikolov
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Scala Design Patterns

By: Ivan Nikolov

Overview of this book

Scala has become increasingly popular in many different IT sectors. The language is exceptionally feature-rich which helps developers write less code and get faster results. Design patterns make developer’s lives easier by helping them write great software that is easy to maintain, runs efficiently and is valuable to the company or people concerned. You will learn about the various features of Scala and be able to apply well-known, industry-proven design patterns in your work. The book starts off by focusing on some of the most interesting features of Scala while using practical real-world examples. We will also cover the popular "Gang of Four" design patterns and show you how to incorporate functional patterns effectively. By the end of this book, you will have enough knowledge and understanding to quickly assess problems and come up with elegant solutions.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Scala Design Patterns
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

The command design pattern


Sometimes in our applications, we might need to pass information to other objects about how to perform some action. Usually, this action will be executed at a later time based on some kind of event. The object that will execute our commands is called invoker, and it might not even be aware of the command it actually runs. It just knows about the interface, which means that it knows how to trigger the command. The command design pattern helps us to achieve what we said above. Its purpose is to:

Note

Encapsulate the information needed to perform an action at a later stage and pass this information to the object that will be running the actual code.

Usually, the command information will contain the object that owns the method, the method name, and the parameters that should be passed when invoking the method. The command design pattern is useful for many things, some of which include supporting undo actions, implementing parallel processing, or simply optimizing code...