Adapter
Adapter Design Pattern
Adapter, a Structural Pattern, is most commmonly used when you want to reuse a class to work with a target class but are constrained by incompatible interfaces. The idea is to convert the interface of a reusable class into an interface that your classes expect.
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--Rueen 19:41, 17 January 2007 (EST)