AdvancED ActionScript 3.0: Design Patterns

Key Points

• Design patterns are solutions to common object-oriented design dilemmas.
• Design patterns are divided into three categories: creational, behavioral, and structural.
• Creational patterns abstract the instantiation process.
• Behavioral patterns are concerned with algorithms and the assignment of responsibilities between objects.
• Structural patterns are concerned with how classes and objects are combined to form larger structures.
• A common association is illustrated by connecting objects with a thin line.
• Composition is a relationship among objects that share a similar lifeline.
• Aggregation is a whole made up of independent parts.
• Class diagrams, sequential diagrams, and interaction diagrams can be used to design collaborations.
• UML stands ...