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Behavioral design pattern

In object-oriented programming, the command pattern is a behavioral design pattern in which an object is used to encapsulate all information needed to perform an action or trigger an event at a later time. This information includes the method name, the object that owns the method and values for the method parameters. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: Command patternA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Modeling the Sequential Pattern Variability of the Electromotor Command System of Pulse Electric FishInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: A users manual for the method of moments Aircraft Modeling Code (AMC)The most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Optimal cropping pattern in a canal command areaCited 76 times
  5. Go sideways: Chain-of-responsibility patternA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: Decorator patternA closely related topic

📖 Definitions

Noun A behavioural design pattern, in which an object is used to represent and encapsulate all the information needed to call a method at a later time.

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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

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📚 Books worth reading

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