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28 lines
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---
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layout: pattern
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title: Bytecode
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folder: bytecode
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permalink: /patterns/bytecode/
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categories: Behavioral
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tags:
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- Game programming
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---
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## Intent
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Allows to encode behaviour as instructions for virtual machine.
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## Class diagram
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## Applicability
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Use the Bytecode pattern when you have a lot of behavior you need to define and your
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game’s implementation language isn’t a good fit because:
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* it’s too low-level, making it tedious or error-prone to program in.
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* iterating on it takes too long due to slow compile times or other tooling issues.
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* it has too much trust. If you want to ensure the behavior being defined can’t break the game, you need to sandbox it from the rest of the codebase.
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## Credits
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* [Game programming patterns](http://gameprogrammingpatterns.com/bytecode.html)
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