layout, title, folder, permalink, categories, language, tags
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| pattern | Dirty Flag | dirty-flag | /patterns/dirty-flag/ | Behavioral | en |
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Also known as
- IsDirty pattern
Intent
To avoid expensive re-acquisition of resources. The resources retain their identity, are kept in some fast-access storage, and are re-used to avoid having to acquire them again.
Class diagram
Applicability
Use the Dirty Flag pattern when
- Repetitious acquisition, initialization, and release of the same resource causes unnecessary performance overhead.