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Re: [gang-of-4-patterns] Pattern question: state vs. strategy

From: Robert Allan Schwartz <robertallanschwartz AT yahoo.com>
To: "Freeman-Hargis, James" <jfreeman AT midwaygames.com>, gang-of-4-patterns AT cs.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: [gang-of-4-patterns] Pattern question: state vs. strategy
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 10:54:03 -0700 (PDT)
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One difference is that the Strategy is visible to (and configurable by) the
Client, whereas the
fact that a class has State is not visible to the Client.

Robert

--- "Freeman-Hargis, James"
<jfreeman AT midwaygames.com>
wrote:

> I'm wondering if you can give me some additional details as to how these
> are different? Their applicability, purpose and structure seem nearly
> identical: make the behavior of the context class change dynamically as
> the state/strategy changes. Both patterns even mentions how they can be
> tied into the flyweight pattern. The only difference I can readily see
> is that the state pattern mentions transitions while the strategy does
> not. Am I missing something?
>
>
>
> Thank you for your time,
>
> -James
>
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[gang-of-4-patterns] Pattern question: state vs. strategy, Freeman-Hargis, James, 07/06/2005
- Re: [gang-of-4-patterns] Pattern question: state vs. strategy, Robert Allan Schwartz, 07/06/2005
  - Re: [gang-of-4-patterns] Pattern question: state vs. strategy, Clint Shank, 07/06/2005
- RE: [gang-of-4-patterns] Pattern question: state vs. strategy, Jesús Alonso, 07/06/2005
- Re: [gang-of-4-patterns] Pattern question: state vs. strategy, Peter Horan, 07/07/2005
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- RE: [gang-of-4-patterns] Pattern question: state vs. strategy, jdeena, 07/06/2005
  - RE: [gang-of-4-patterns] Pattern question: state vs. strategy, Jesús Alonso, 07/06/2005
- RE: [gang-of-4-patterns] Pattern question: state vs. strategy, Ralph Johnson, 07/06/2005