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OODP Observer

The document discusses implementing the Observer design pattern to update multiple display elements whenever new weather data becomes available. It describes creating an interface for display elements to implement, and having the weather data object notify registered display elements by calling an update method. This allows dynamic addition or removal of display elements without coupling them directly to the weather data. The Observer pattern establishes a subscription mechanism so that when one object changes state, its dependents are automatically notified and updated.

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OODP Observer

The document discusses implementing the Observer design pattern to update multiple display elements whenever new weather data becomes available. It describes creating an interface for display elements to implement, and having the weather data object notify registered display elements by calling an update method. This allows dynamic addition or removal of display elements without coupling them directly to the weather data. The Observer pattern establishes a subscription mechanism so that when one object changes state, its dependents are automatically notified and updated.

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OO Design - Observer Pattern

Object-Oriented Programming
The Weather Monitoring application

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WeatherData API

Our job: to implement measurementsChanged() so that it updates displ

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Our job
 to implement measurementsChanged()
so that it updates the displays:
 Given:
 Getter methods available for temperature,
humidity, and pressure
 measurementsChanged()
is called each time
new weather data is available
 We need to implement three
displays that update
every time WeatherData has new data
 Can add new displays and remove displays

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First draft solution

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A. We are coding to concrete
What’s wrong? implementation, not interfaces
B. For every new display element, we
need to alter code.
C. We have no way to add (or remove)
display elements at run time
D. The display elements don’t
implement a common interface.
E. We haven’t encapsulated the part
that changes
F. We are violating encapsulation of
the WeatherData class.

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A. We are coding to concrete
What’s wrong? implementation, not interfaces
B. For every new display element,
we need to alter code.
C. We have no way to add (or
remove) display elements at run
time
D. The display elements don’t implement a
common interface.
E. We haven’t encapsulated the part
that changes
F. We are violating encapsulation of the
WeatherData class.

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The Observer Pattern
 How newspaper or magazine subscriptions work?

Subjects + Observers = ObserverPattern

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The Observer Pattern

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The Observer Pattern

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The Observer Pattern

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The Observer Pattern defines a one-to-many
dependency between objects so that when one
object changes state, all of its dependents are
notified and updated automatically

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In Class Diagram

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Benefits of the Observer Pattern

Subjects and observers can interact but have very little


knowledge of each other.
 The only thing the subject knows about an observer is
that it implements the Observer interface
 We can add new observers at any time.
 We never need to modify the subject to add new type of
observers
 We can reuse subjects or observers independently of
each other
 Changes to either the subject or an observer will not
affect the other

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Back to your task
 to implement measurementsChanged()
so that it updates the displays:
 Given:
 Getter methods available for temperature,
humidity, and pressure
 measurementsChanged()
is called each time
new weather data is available
 We need to implement three
displays that update
every time WeatherData has new data
 Can add new displays and remove displays

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Homework
 Reimplement using java.util.Observable

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