Merge pull request #490 from iluwatar/DocumentUsages

#211 Document GoF usages from Java API
This commit is contained in:
Ilkka Seppälä
2016-09-03 14:14:13 +03:00
committed by GitHub
15 changed files with 64 additions and 12 deletions

View File

@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ folder: interpreter
permalink: /patterns/interpreter/
pumlid: JSf13eCm30NHgz034E-vZGaM62Kcih_BzQ6xxjv8yr6hBJT9RzC1Z5Y8dE-oAuvSCyJhPH13gLSdRNapsEdaBy-RXEus3mR4BQXpl21zVnykFmlgVvVqNaRszW00
categories: Behavioral
tags:
tags:
- Java
- Gang Of Four
- Difficulty-Intermediate
@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ trees. The Interpreter pattern works best when
* the grammar is simple. For complex grammars, the class hierarchy for the grammar becomes large and unmanageable. Tools such as parser generators are a better alternative in such cases. They can interpret expressions without building abstract syntax trees, which can save space and possibly time
* efficiency is not a critical concern. The most efficient interpreters are usually not implemented by interpreting parse trees directly but by first translating them into another form. For example, regular expressions are often transformed into state machines. But even then, the translator can be implemented by the Interpreter pattern, so the pattern is still applicable
## Real world examples
* [java.util.Pattern](http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/regex/Pattern.html)
* [java.text.Normalizer](http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/text/Normalizer.html)
* All subclasses of [java.text.Format](http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/text/Format.html)
* [javax.el.ELResolver](http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/7/api/javax/el/ELResolver.html)
## Credits
* [Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software](http://www.amazon.com/Design-Patterns-Elements-Reusable-Object-Oriented/dp/0201633612)