Mediator

Mediator pattern is used to reduce communication complexity between multiple objects or classes. This pattern provides a mediator class which normally handles all the communications between different classes and supports easy maintenance of the code by loose coupling. Mediator pattern falls under behavioral pattern category.



Mediator in Java recognizable by behavioral methods taking an instance of different abstract/interface type (usually using the command pattern) which delegates/uses the given instance

• java.util.Timer (all scheduleXXX() methods)
• java.util.concurrent.Executor#execute()
• java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService (the invokeXXX() and submit() methods)
• java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService (all scheduleXXX() methods)
• java.lang.reflect.Method#invoke()

import java.util.Date;

public class ChatRoom {
   public static void showMessage(User user, String message){
      System.out.println(new Date().toString() + " [" + user.getName() + "] : " + message);
   }
}

public class User {
   private String name;

   public String getName() {
      return name;
   }

   public void setName(String name) {
      this.name = name;
   }

   public User(String name){
      this.name  = name;
   }

   public void sendMessage(String message){
      ChatRoom.showMessage(this,message);
   }
}

public class MediatorPatternDemo {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      User robert = new User("Robert");
      User john = new User("John");

      robert.sendMessage("Hi! John!");
      john.sendMessage("Hello! Robert!");
   }
}