Unit 1

Introduction to Design Patterns: Significance – Software Design and patterns – Model – View – Controller.

Unit 2

Observer Pattern – Decorator Pattern – Factory Pattern – Singleton Pattern – Command Pattern – Adapter and Facade Patterns – Template

Method Pattern – Iterator and Composite Patterns – The State Pattern – The Proxy Pattern – Compound Patterns.

Unit 3

• Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson and John M. Vlissides, “Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object Oriented Software”, Second Edition, Addison Wesley, 2000
• James W. Cooper, “Java Design Patterns: A Tutorial”, Second Edition, Pearson Education, 2003.
• Mark Grand, “Patterns in Java – A Catalog of Reusable Patterns Illustrated with UML”, Second Edition, Wiley – Dream tech India, 2002