layout, title, folder, permalink, categories, language, tags
| layout | title | folder | permalink | categories | language | tags | |
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| pattern | Marker Interface | marker | /patterns/marker/ | Structural | en |
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Intent
Using empty interfaces as markers to distinguish special treated objects.
Class diagram
Applicability
Use the Marker Interface pattern when
- you want to identify the special objects from normal objects (to treat them differently)
- you want to mark that some object is available for certain sort of operations