Exploring the command pattern

The purpose of the command design pattern is to send requests as objects. This pattern, also referred to as the transaction or action design pattern, permits the sending of requests without knowing any details about the receiver or even about what is being requested. This might sound counter-intuitive, and requires that it be looked at from a systems perspective and not a human-managed operation. With the command pattern, we encapsulate requests as objects and transmit them to a receiver.

We will look at an example use case, the UML class diagram, and the source code necessary to implement the command design pattern for this scenario.