The Decorator Design Pattern in JavaScript

Tram Ho

What is the Decorator Pattern?

The Decorator Design Pattern is a way of adding additional functionality to an existing object without modifying its structure. This is done by wrapping the existing object with an outer object to extend its behavior.

Why is the Decorator Design Pattern useful?

The Decorator Design Pattern is useful because it allows us to easily add additional functionality to an existing object without having to modify its structure. This is especially useful when the functionality we need is complex or would require a lot of code to implement.

Example in Javascript

Logging Decorator

In this example, we will create a Logging Decorator that logs a message every time a function is called.

Caching Decorator

In this example, we will create a Caching Decorator that stores the result of a function call in a cache. We will also add a mechanism to check if the result is already present in the cache and return its value without calling the function.

Throttling Decorator

In this example, we will create a Throttling Decorator that limits a function to run no more than once in a certain amount of time.

Conclusion

The Decorator Design Pattern is a way to easily extend the functionality of an existing object without having to modify its structure. We’ve seen some code samples and can see how this pattern makes adding additional functionality to objects very easy.

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