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15/01/24, 11:51 Design Patterns - Observer Pattern

Design Patterns - Observer Pattern

Observer pattern is used when there is one-to-many relationship between objects


such as if one object is modified, its depenedent objects are to be notified
automatically. Observer pattern falls under behavioral pattern category.

Implementation
Observer pattern uses three actor classes. Subject, Observer and Client. Subject is
an object having methods to attach and detach observers to a client object. We have
created an abstract class Observer and a concrete class Subject that is extending
class Observer.

ObserverPatternDemo, our demo class, will use Subject and concrete class object to
show observer pattern in action.

Step 1
Create Subject class.

Subject.java

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import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class Subject {

private List<Observer> observers = new ArrayList<Observer>();


private int state;

public int getState() {


return state;
}

public void setState(int state) {


this.state = state;
notifyAllObservers();
}

public void attach(Observer observer){


observers.add(observer);
}

public void notifyAllObservers(){


for (Observer observer : observers) {
observer.update();
}
}
}

Step 2
Create Observer class.

Observer.java

public abstract class Observer {


protected Subject subject;
public abstract void update();
}

Step 3
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Create concrete observer classes

BinaryObserver.java

public class BinaryObserver extends Observer{

public BinaryObserver(Subject subject){


this.subject = subject;
this.subject.attach(this);
}

@Override
public void update() {
System.out.println( "Binary String: " + Integer.toBinaryString(
}
}

OctalObserver.java

public class OctalObserver extends Observer{

public OctalObserver(Subject subject){


this.subject = subject;
this.subject.attach(this);
}

@Override
public void update() {
System.out.println( "Octal String: " + Integer.toOctalString( sub
}
}

HexaObserver.java

public class HexaObserver extends Observer{

public HexaObserver(Subject subject){


this.subject = subject;
this.subject.attach(this);
}

@Override
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public void update() {


System.out.println( "Hex String: " + Integer.toHexString( subjec
}
}

Step 4
Use Subject and concrete observer objects.

ObserverPatternDemo.java

public class ObserverPatternDemo {


public static void main(String[] args) {
Subject subject = new Subject();

new HexaObserver(subject);
new OctalObserver(subject);
new BinaryObserver(subject);

System.out.println("First state change: 15");


subject.setState(15);
System.out.println("Second state change: 10");
subject.setState(10);
}
}

Step 5
Verify the output.

First state change: 15


Hex String: F
Octal String: 17
Binary String: 1111
Second state change: 10
Hex String: A
Octal String: 12
Binary String: 1010

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