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Also known as: Surrogate
Intent: Provide a surrogate or placeholder for another object to control access to it.
Applicability: Proxy is applicable whenever there is a need for a more versatile or sophisticated reference to an object than a simple pointer. Here are several common situations in which the Proxy pattern is applicable
- a remote proxy provides a local representative for an object in a different address space.
- a virtual proxy creates expensive objects on demand.
- a protection proxy controls access to the original object. Protection proxies are useful when objects should have different access rights.
Typical Use Case:
- control access to another object
- lazy initialization
- implement logging
- facilitate network connection
- to count references to an object
Real world examples:
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