The facade pattern is today’s structural design pattern. My previous two blogs were about the adapter and the decorator patterns and just like these pattern, the facade pattern is also a known as a wrapper.
The facade pattern does have some similarities to the adapter pattern, in that they’re both used to modify the interface of an entity. However the decorator pattern is used in a very different manner. In case you forgot, here is a quick run down.
| Pattern | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Adapter | Used to allow incompatible interfaces to work together. |
| Decorator | Allows behaviours to be added to an object, without modifying the original class. |
| Facade | Provides a simplified interface to a more complex library. |