The visitor pattern is a design pattern used to organize operations on data structures.
π‘ "The Visitor Pattern separates operations from data structures, enabling extensibility of operations without modifying existing hierarchies." π
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Encapsulation: Keeps operations outside of data structures. You can maintain them separately.
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Extensibility: Add new behaviors without modifying existing code.
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Easy to scale: Performs at large scale with minimal changes.
- π Compilers & AST traversal
- π¨ UI Component Rendering
- π File System Processing
- π Business Rule Engines
β‘ "Modify behavior, not structure!" β‘
In this article, we will refactor a simple organization chart to demonstrate the visitor pattern.
We will refactor the code to separate traversal and behavior, enabling flexible data operations, reusability, and extensibility.
Table of Content
- The Problem
- Tree Structures
- Visitor Pattern
- Separation of Concerns
- Visitor Pattern Variations
- Problem Source Code
- Solution Source Code