Design Patterns in Golang: Decorator

Introduction The Decorator pattern adds new functionality to an existing object without altering its structure. It is a structural pattern as this pattern acts as a wrapper to existing class. The instanciate a decorator struct which decorates (wraps) the original object and provides additional functionality keeping its methods signature intact. Purpose Attach additional responsibilities to an object dynamically. Decorators provide a flexible alternative to inheritance for extending functionality. Wrapping a present, putting it in a box, and wrapping the box....

April 17, 2016 · 3 min · Svetlin Ralchev