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Design Patterns - State Pattern

In State pattern a class behavior changes based on its state. This type of design
pattern comes under behavior pattern.

In State pattern, we create objects which represent various states and a context
object whose behavior varies as its state object changes.

Implementation
We are going to create a State interface defining an action and concrete state
classes implementing the State interface. Context is a class which carries a State.

StatePatternDemo, our demo class, will use Context and state objects to
demonstrate change in Context behavior based on type of state it is in.

Step 1
Create an interface.

State.java

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public interface State {


public void doAction(Context context);
}

Step 2
Create concrete classes implementing the same interface.

StartState.java

public class StartState implements State {

public void doAction(Context context) {


System.out.println("Player is in start state");
context.setState(this);
}

public String toString(){


return "Start State";
}
}

StopState.java

public class StopState implements State {

public void doAction(Context context) {


System.out.println("Player is in stop state");
context.setState(this);
}

public String toString(){


return "Stop State";
}
}

Step 3
Create Context Class.

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Context.java

public class Context {


private State state;

public Context(){
state = null;
}

public void setState(State state){


this.state = state;
}

public State getState(){


return state;
}
}

Step 4
Use the Context to see change in behaviour when State changes.

StatePatternDemo.java

public class StatePatternDemo {


public static void main(String[] args) {
Context context = new Context();

StartState startState = new StartState();


startState.doAction(context);

System.out.println(context.getState().toString());

StopState stopState = new StopState();


stopState.doAction(context);

System.out.println(context.getState().toString());
}
}

Step 5
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Verify the output.

Player is in start state


Start State
Player is in stop state
Stop State

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