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Adapter Pattern

The adapter pattern allows classes with incompatible interfaces to work together by wrapping its own interface around that of an already existing class. The pattern provides a way to use existing classes for new purposes through adapter classes. The example shows how an audio player is able to play different audio formats like mp4 and vlc by using adapter classes even though it was originally only able to play mp3 files.

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Adapter Pattern

The adapter pattern allows classes with incompatible interfaces to work together by wrapping its own interface around that of an already existing class. The pattern provides a way to use existing classes for new purposes through adapter classes. The example shows how an audio player is able to play different audio formats like mp4 and vlc by using adapter classes even though it was originally only able to play mp3 files.

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Design Patterns - Adapter Pattern

Adapter pattern works as a bridge between two incompatible interfaces. This type of
design pattern comes under structural pattern as this pattern combines the
capability of two independent interfaces.

This pattern involves a single class which is responsible to join functionalities of


independent or incompatible interfaces. A real life example could be a case of card
reader which acts as an adapter between memory card and a laptop. You plugin the
memory card into card reader and card reader into the laptop so that memory card
can be read via laptop.

We are demonstrating use of Adapter pattern via following example in which an


audio player device can play mp3 files only and wants to use an advanced audio
player capable of playing vlc and mp4 files.

Implementation
We have a MediaPlayer interface and a concrete class AudioPlayer implementing the
MediaPlayer interface. AudioPlayer can play mp3 format audio files by default.

We are having another interface AdvancedMediaPlayer and concrete classes


implementing the AdvancedMediaPlayer interface. These classes can play vlc and
mp4 format files.

We want to make AudioPlayer to play other formats as well. To attain this, we have
created an adapter class MediaAdapter which implements the MediaPlayer interface
and uses AdvancedMediaPlayer objects to play the required format.

AudioPlayer uses the adapter class MediaAdapter passing it the desired audio type
without knowing the actual class which can play the desired format.
AdapterPatternDemo, our demo class will use AudioPlayer class to play various
formats.

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Step 1
Create interfaces for Media Player and Advanced Media Player.

MediaPlayer.java

public interface MediaPlayer {


public void play(String audioType, String fileName);
}

AdvancedMediaPlayer.java

public interface AdvancedMediaPlayer {


public void playVlc(String fileName);
public void playMp4(String fileName);
}

Step 2
Create concrete classes implementing the AdvancedMediaPlayer interface.

VlcPlayer.java

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public class VlcPlayer implements AdvancedMediaPlayer{


@Override
public void playVlc(String fileName) {
System.out.println("Playing vlc file. Name: "+ fileName);
}

@Override
public void playMp4(String fileName) {
//do nothing
}
}

Mp4Player.java

public class Mp4Player implements AdvancedMediaPlayer{

@Override
public void playVlc(String fileName) {
//do nothing
}

@Override
public void playMp4(String fileName) {
System.out.println("Playing mp4 file. Name: "+ fileName);
}
}

Step 3
Create adapter class implementing the MediaPlayer interface.

MediaAdapter.java

public class MediaAdapter implements MediaPlayer {

AdvancedMediaPlayer advancedMusicPlayer;

public MediaAdapter(String audioType){

if(audioType.equalsIgnoreCase("vlc") ){
advancedMusicPlayer = new VlcPlayer();

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}else if (audioType.equalsIgnoreCase("mp4")){
advancedMusicPlayer = new Mp4Player();
}
}

@Override
public void play(String audioType, String fileName) {

if(audioType.equalsIgnoreCase("vlc")){
advancedMusicPlayer.playVlc(fileName);
}
else if(audioType.equalsIgnoreCase("mp4")){
advancedMusicPlayer.playMp4(fileName);
}
}
}

Step 4
Create concrete class implementing the MediaPlayer interface.

AudioPlayer.java

public class AudioPlayer implements MediaPlayer {


MediaAdapter mediaAdapter;

@Override
public void play(String audioType, String fileName) {

//inbuilt support to play mp3 music files


if(audioType.equalsIgnoreCase("mp3")){
System.out.println("Playing mp3 file. Name: " + fileName);
}

//mediaAdapter is providing support to play other file formats


else if(audioType.equalsIgnoreCase("vlc") || audioType.equalsIgn
mediaAdapter = new MediaAdapter(audioType);
mediaAdapter.play(audioType, fileName);
}

else{

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System.out.println("Invalid media. " + audioType + " format n


}
}
}

Step 5
Use the AudioPlayer to play different types of audio formats.

AdapterPatternDemo.java

public class AdapterPatternDemo {


public static void main(String[] args) {
AudioPlayer audioPlayer = new AudioPlayer();

audioPlayer.play("mp3", "beyond the horizon.mp3");


audioPlayer.play("mp4", "alone.mp4");
audioPlayer.play("vlc", "far far away.vlc");
audioPlayer.play("avi", "mind me.avi");
}
}

Step 6
Verify the output.

Playing mp3 file. Name: beyond the horizon.mp3


Playing mp4 file. Name: alone.mp4
Playing vlc file. Name: far far away.vlc
Invalid media. avi format not supported

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