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Design pattern “Specification”

Disclaimer

This article is mostly for beginners at programming, who know only some programming patterns or don’t know them at all.

About design patterns

Let’s take definition of design pattern from Wikipedia.

In software engineering, a design pattern is a general reusable solution to a commonly occurring problem in software design. A design pattern is not a finished design that can be transformed directly into code. It is a description or template for how to solve a problem that can be used in many different situations. Object-oriented design patterns typically show relationships and interactions between classes or objects, without specifying the final application classes or objects that are involved.

For instance we can imagine that we are accomplishing a task “by analogy”. Or, for example, solving the same equation, but with another concrete numbers.

Pattern “Specification”- is a pattern of supplement’s conduct. The result of the implementation will be a Boolean variable; giving you the input of the operator of conditional transfer you control the behavior of the program.

With the help of the following techniques you can:

• Make your code more readable and concise
• Avoid duplications of code
• Easier to make changes to the implementation

As always, the work of the complex mechanism better shows a concrete example. Let's start with simple things, gradually moving to the complex. I will try to avoid situations in which revealed only a simple example, but as it is applied in real life – unclear.