Java Design Pattern: Composite

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Composite pattern is relatively simple, but it has been used in many designs, such as SWT, eclipse workspace, etc. It basically produce a hierarchical tree which can be accessed by using a uniform method.

Class Diagram

composite-design-pattern

The following code implements the following tree structure.
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Java Code 

import java.util.List;
import java.util.ArrayList;
 
//Component
interface Component {
    public void show();
}
 
//Composite
class Composite implements Component {
 
    private List<Component> childComponents = new ArrayList<Component>();
 
    public void add(Component component) {
    	childComponents.add(component);
    }
 
    public void remove(Component component) {
    	childComponents.remove(component);
    }
 
	@Override
	public void show() {
		for (Component component : childComponents) {
        	component.show();
        }
	}
}
 
//leaf
class Leaf implements Component {
	String name;
	public Leaf(String s){
		name = s;
	}
    public void show() {
        System.out.println(name);
    }
}
 
 
public class CompositeTest {
 
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Leaf leaf1 = new Leaf("1");
        Leaf leaf2 = new Leaf("2");
        Leaf leaf3 = new Leaf("3");
        Leaf leaf4 = new Leaf("4");
        Leaf leaf5 = new Leaf("5");
 
        Composite composite1 = new Composite();
        composite1.add(leaf1);
        composite1.add(leaf2);
 
        Composite composite2 = new Composite();        
        composite2.add(leaf3);
        composite2.add(leaf4);
        composite2.add(leaf5);
 
        composite1.add(composite2);
        composite1.show();
    }
}

2 thoughts on “Java Design Pattern: Composite”

  2. Great tutorial to me. Composite design pattern is also fully used in Junit (TestSuite, TestCase, Test). Thx~

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