Visitor: Benefits and Caveats
Explore the Visitor design pattern to understand how it allows adding new functionality to existing objects without modifying their core logic, supporting the open-closed principle. Learn to identify potential challenges such as limited access to private members, the need for updates when components change, and avoiding overly complex Visitor objects.
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Benefits of using the Visitor design pattern
The Visitor design pattern has the following key benefits:
- A new functionality can be added to existing objects without modifying their existing logic.