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 ##Bridge
 **Intent:** Decouple an abstraction from its implementationso that the two can vary independently.
 
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+![alt text](https://github.com/iluwatar/java-design-patterns/blob/master/bridge/etc/bridge.jpg "Bridge")
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+**Applicability:** Use the Bridge pattern when
+* you want to avoid a permanent binding between an abstraction and its implementation. This might be the case, for example, when the implementation must be selected or switched at run-time.
+* both the abstractions and their implementations should be extensible by subclassing. In this case, the Bridge pattern lets you combine the different abstractions and implementations and extend them independently
+* changes in the implementation of an abstraction should have no impact on clients; that is, their code should not have to be recompiled.
+* you have a proliferation of classes. Such a class hierarchy indicates the need for splitting an object into two parts. Rumbaugh uses the term "nested generalizations" to refer to such class hierarchies
+* you want to share an implementation among multiple objects (perhaps using reference counting), and this fact should be hidden from the client. A simple example is Coplien's String class, in which multiple objects can share the same string representation.
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 ##Composite
 **Intent:** Compose objects into tree structures to represent part-whole hierarchies. Composite lets clients treat individual objects and compositions of objects uniformly.