Chapter 7. Model View Patterns

Thus far, we have spent a great deal of time examining patterns that are used to solve local problems, that span only a handful of classes and not the whole application. These patterns have been narrow in scope. They frequently only relate to two or three classes and might be used but a single time in any given application. As you can imagine, there are also larger scale patterns that are applicable to the application as a whole. You might think of toolbar as a general pattern, which is used in many places in an application. What's more, it is a pattern that is used in a great number of applications to give them a similar look and feel. Patterns can help guide how the whole application is assembled.

In this chapter, we're going to look at a family of patterns, which I've taken to calling the MV* family. This family includes MVC, MVVM, MVP, and even PAC. Just like their names, the patterns themselves are pretty similar. The chapter will...