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State: Implementation and Example

Explore how to implement the State design pattern in C# by creating a console app that simulates a smartphone's Home button behavior. Learn to define state interfaces, implement concrete states, and manage state changes using context objects to see how behavior adapts dynamically.

Creating a console application

We’ll create a console application project which will mimic the basic operation of a smartphone. All we need for demonstration purposes is to show how the smartphone’s “Home” button behaves differently when its state changes.

Adding interfaces

First, we’ll need to ...