What are some real life examples of Design Patterns used in software [closed]

Question

I'm reading through head first design patterns at the moment and while the book is excellent I also would like to see how these are actually used in the real world.

If you know of a good example of design pattern usage (preferably in a OSS program so we can have a look :) then please list it below.

Answer 1

An ah-ha moment for me for the observer pattern was to realize how closely associated it is with events. Consider a Windows program that needs to acheive loosely communications between two forms. That can easily be accomplished with the observer pattern.

The code below shows how Form2 fires an event and any other class registered as an observer get its data.

See this link for a great patterns resource: http://sourcemaking.com/design-patterns-and-tips

Form1's code:

namespace PublishSubscribe
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        Form2 f2 = new Form2();

        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();

            f2.PublishData += new PublishDataEventHander( DataReceived );
            f2.Show();
        }

        private void DataReceived( object sender, Form2EventArgs e )
        {
            MessageBox.Show( e.OtherData );            
        }
    }
}

Form2's code

namespace PublishSubscribe
{

    public delegate void PublishDataEventHander( object sender, Form2EventArgs e );

    public partial class Form2 : Form
    {
        public event PublishDataEventHander PublishData;

        public Form2()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void button1_Click( object sender, EventArgs e )
        {
            PublishData( this, new Form2EventArgs( "data from form2" ) );    
        }
    }

    public class Form2EventArgs : System.EventArgs
    {
        public string OtherData;

        public Form2EventArgs( string OtherData )        
        {
            this.OtherData = OtherData;
        }
    }
}

Answer 2

I use passive view, a flavor of the Model View Presenter pattern, with any web forms like development (.NET) to increase testability/maintainability/etc

For example, your code-behind file might look something like this

Partial Public Class _Default
    Inherits System.Web.UI.Page
    Implements IProductView

    Private presenter As ProductPresenter

    Protected Overrides Sub OnInit(ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
        MyBase.OnInit(e)
        presenter = New ProductPresenter(Me)
    End Sub

    Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
        presenter.OnViewLoad()
    End Sub

    Private ReadOnly Property PageIsPostBack() As Boolean Implements IProductView.PageIsPostBack
        Get
            Return Page.IsPostBack
        End Get
    End Property

    Public Property Products() As System.Collections.Generic.List(Of Product) Implements Library.IProductView.Products
        Get
            Return DirectCast(gridProducts.DataSource(), List(Of Product))
        End Get
        Set(ByVal value As System.Collections.Generic.List(Of Product))
            gridProducts.DataSource = value
            gridProducts.DataBind()
        End Set
    End Property
End Class

This code behind is acting as a very thin view with zero logic. This logic is instead pushed into a presenter class that can be unit tested.

Public Class ProductPresenter
    Private mView As IProductView
    Private mProductService As IProductService

    Public Sub New(ByVal View As IProductView)
        Me.New(View, New ProductService())
    End Sub

    Public Sub New(ByVal View As IProductView, ByVal ProductService As IProductService)
        mView = View
        mProductService = ProductService
    End Sub

    Public Sub OnViewLoad()
        If mView.PageIsPostBack = False Then
            PopulateProductsList()
        End If
    End Sub

    Public Sub PopulateProductsList()
        Try
            Dim ProductList As List(Of Product) = mProductService.GetProducts()
            mView.Products = ProductList
        Catch ex As Exception
            Throw ex
        End Try
    End Sub
End Class

Answer 3

Use code.google.com

For example the search result for "Factory" will get you a lot of cases where the factory Pattern is implemented.