Wordware.Design.Patterns.Nov.2006.pdf

Design Patterns

Christopher G. Lasater

Wordware Publishing, Inc.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Lasater, Christopher G.

Design Patterns / by Christopher G. Lasater.

p. cm.

Includes index.

ISBN-10: 1-59822-031-4 (pbk.)

ISBN-13: 978-1-59822-031-5

1. Software patterns. 2. Object-oriented programming (Computer

science). I. Title.

QA76.76.P37L37 2006

005.1--dc22

2006027625

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Plano, Texas 75074

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ISBN-10: 1-59822-031-4

ISBN-13: 978-1-59822-031-5

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To Lorenzo and Lena. Without them I wouldn’t have had

the strength or courage to write this book.

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