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Facade design pattern

Hi

Is custom control an example of facade design pattern because if the developer is using the control then he is using the front end of the complex control.

Kindly advice

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Karan Gupta

kaufmed

Perhaps slightly, but I would tend to say no. The Facade pattern is about turning complex functionality into simple functionality. An example from a book I am reading describes an entertainment system. The complex system allows you to watch a movie, but you have to turn on each component:

turn_on_projector
turn_on_surround_sound
turn_on_dvd_player
start_popcorn_machine

With the Facade, you turn all of these steps into a more simple series of steps:

start_movie

...behind the scenes, the Facade is doing all the things you would have previously done yourself (above).

KaranGupta

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Hi Kaufmed

Thanks for the reply. Can you please give me some real time example related to programming?

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Karan Gupta

kaufmed

You can find a pretty decent example here:

http://www.dofactory.com/Patterns/PatternFacade.aspx#_self2

KaranGupta

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Hi Kaufmed

Thanks for the reply. I got the answer. But one more thing if I create a system that will calculate tax is also an example of facade design pattern.

Please advice

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Karan Gupta

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I've requested that this question be closed as follows:

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kaufmed

Which is... your own comment? Care to elaborate?

KaranGupta

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Hi Kaufmed

I selected your post as answer, but I don't know how it went to the close question work flow. I am accepting it again :)

KaranGupta

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Got the answer

kaufmed

No problem. I was just a bit confused for the moment = )