Subject of Observer design pattern an interface or a super class?











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I'm studying design patterns from a course at coursera. They have there course notes in which they define the Subject of the observer design pattern as super class as shown in the image and code below



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Now I think the Subject class is useless by itself until a subclass inherit from it and make any specific subject. In that case shouldn't the Subject be a java interface instead ? What is the reason that the Subject is not a java interface but the Observer is.



Is there any specific reason for that. I'm a little confused about this.



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  • I think the Subject class is useless by itself until a subclass inherit from it and make any specific subject- Why is that?
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  • @user7 because what else is it doing other than attaching and detaching observers and keeping a list of them which is eventually going to be present in sub classes when we will inherit from the subject in other words now the sub classes have the same same code after inheriting plus there own additional code so wouldn't it be same if subject was an interface and classes implement that functionality ?
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I'm studying design patterns from a course at coursera. They have there course notes in which they define the Subject of the observer design pattern as super class as shown in the image and code below



UML
enter image description here



CODE (SUBJECT)
enter image description here



Now I think the Subject class is useless by itself until a subclass inherit from it and make any specific subject. In that case shouldn't the Subject be a java interface instead ? What is the reason that the Subject is not a java interface but the Observer is.



Is there any specific reason for that. I'm a little confused about this.



Thanks






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  • I think the Subject class is useless by itself until a subclass inherit from it and make any specific subject- Why is that?
    – user7
    Nov 10 at 13:57










  • @user7 because what else is it doing other than attaching and detaching observers and keeping a list of them which is eventually going to be present in sub classes when we will inherit from the subject in other words now the sub classes have the same same code after inheriting plus there own additional code so wouldn't it be same if subject was an interface and classes implement that functionality ?
    – Syed Ahmed Jamil
    Nov 10 at 14:10













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I'm studying design patterns from a course at coursera. They have there course notes in which they define the Subject of the observer design pattern as super class as shown in the image and code below



UML
enter image description here



CODE (SUBJECT)
enter image description here



Now I think the Subject class is useless by itself until a subclass inherit from it and make any specific subject. In that case shouldn't the Subject be a java interface instead ? What is the reason that the Subject is not a java interface but the Observer is.



Is there any specific reason for that. I'm a little confused about this.



Thanks






java oop design-patterns uml







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I'm studying design patterns from a course at coursera. They have there course notes in which they define the Subject of the observer design pattern as super class as shown in the image and code below



UML
enter image description here



CODE (SUBJECT)
enter image description here



Now I think the Subject class is useless by itself until a subclass inherit from it and make any specific subject. In that case shouldn't the Subject be a java interface instead ? What is the reason that the Subject is not a java interface but the Observer is.



Is there any specific reason for that. I'm a little confused about this.



Thanks






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  • I think the Subject class is useless by itself until a subclass inherit from it and make any specific subject- Why is that?
    – user7
    Nov 10 at 13:57










  • @user7 because what else is it doing other than attaching and detaching observers and keeping a list of them which is eventually going to be present in sub classes when we will inherit from the subject in other words now the sub classes have the same same code after inheriting plus there own additional code so wouldn't it be same if subject was an interface and classes implement that functionality ?
    – Syed Ahmed Jamil
    Nov 10 at 14:10


















  • I think the Subject class is useless by itself until a subclass inherit from it and make any specific subject- Why is that?
    – user7
    Nov 10 at 13:57










  • @user7 because what else is it doing other than attaching and detaching observers and keeping a list of them which is eventually going to be present in sub classes when we will inherit from the subject in other words now the sub classes have the same same code after inheriting plus there own additional code so wouldn't it be same if subject was an interface and classes implement that functionality ?
    – Syed Ahmed Jamil
    Nov 10 at 14:10
















I think the Subject class is useless by itself until a subclass inherit from it and make any specific subject- Why is that?
– user7
Nov 10 at 13:57




I think the Subject class is useless by itself until a subclass inherit from it and make any specific subject- Why is that?
– user7
Nov 10 at 13:57












@user7 because what else is it doing other than attaching and detaching observers and keeping a list of them which is eventually going to be present in sub classes when we will inherit from the subject in other words now the sub classes have the same same code after inheriting plus there own additional code so wouldn't it be same if subject was an interface and classes implement that functionality ?
– Syed Ahmed Jamil
Nov 10 at 14:10




@user7 because what else is it doing other than attaching and detaching observers and keeping a list of them which is eventually going to be present in sub classes when we will inherit from the subject in other words now the sub classes have the same same code after inheriting plus there own additional code so wouldn't it be same if subject was an interface and classes implement that functionality ?
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Nov 10 at 14:10












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Observer D P is a simple.




  1. The Subject is the entity that the Observer watches.


  2. The Subject is single entity and the Observers can be more than one.


  3. The Subject has the List observers, but the Observer will have the Subject.


  4. Any change in the Subject will be notified to all the observers that the Subject stores in the form of a list.


  5. We can have the Subject as interface too. All depends on way we implement the above points.



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  • Thanks, I guess you are right. Implementation can vary as long as all the points holds true.
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  • you are welcome buddy :) Glad could help.
    – janardhan sharma
    Nov 10 at 14:19


















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If Subject was an interface, then every class that implements Subject must re-implement all the registerObserver, unregisterObserver, and notify methods which are very standard.



You may say that you will put those methods into a helper class so that every derived Subject can just delegate the tasks to this helper. But after all, you have to duplicate the delegation code for all derived Subject classes. Althought the delegation code is short and straight-forward, that duplication is still frustrating.



You can find that argument near the end of this very interesting article of Uncle Bob: http://blog.cleancoder.com/uncle-bob/2015/01/08/InterfaceConsideredHarmful.html






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  • Thanks that was a nice and funny read answered a lot of other frustrating questions
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Observer D P is a simple.




  1. The Subject is the entity that the Observer watches.


  2. The Subject is single entity and the Observers can be more than one.


  3. The Subject has the List observers, but the Observer will have the Subject.


  4. Any change in the Subject will be notified to all the observers that the Subject stores in the form of a list.


  5. We can have the Subject as interface too. All depends on way we implement the above points.



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  • Thanks, I guess you are right. Implementation can vary as long as all the points holds true.
    – Syed Ahmed Jamil
    Nov 10 at 14:15










  • you are welcome buddy :) Glad could help.
    – janardhan sharma
    Nov 10 at 14:19















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Observer D P is a simple.




  1. The Subject is the entity that the Observer watches.


  2. The Subject is single entity and the Observers can be more than one.


  3. The Subject has the List observers, but the Observer will have the Subject.


  4. Any change in the Subject will be notified to all the observers that the Subject stores in the form of a list.


  5. We can have the Subject as interface too. All depends on way we implement the above points.



enter image description here






share|improve this answer





















  • Thanks, I guess you are right. Implementation can vary as long as all the points holds true.
    – Syed Ahmed Jamil
    Nov 10 at 14:15










  • you are welcome buddy :) Glad could help.
    – janardhan sharma
    Nov 10 at 14:19













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up vote
4
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Observer D P is a simple.




  1. The Subject is the entity that the Observer watches.


  2. The Subject is single entity and the Observers can be more than one.


  3. The Subject has the List observers, but the Observer will have the Subject.


  4. Any change in the Subject will be notified to all the observers that the Subject stores in the form of a list.


  5. We can have the Subject as interface too. All depends on way we implement the above points.



enter image description here






share|improve this answer












Observer D P is a simple.




  1. The Subject is the entity that the Observer watches.


  2. The Subject is single entity and the Observers can be more than one.


  3. The Subject has the List observers, but the Observer will have the Subject.


  4. Any change in the Subject will be notified to all the observers that the Subject stores in the form of a list.


  5. We can have the Subject as interface too. All depends on way we implement the above points.



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  • Thanks, I guess you are right. Implementation can vary as long as all the points holds true.
    – Syed Ahmed Jamil
    Nov 10 at 14:15










  • you are welcome buddy :) Glad could help.
    – janardhan sharma
    Nov 10 at 14:19


















  • Thanks, I guess you are right. Implementation can vary as long as all the points holds true.
    – Syed Ahmed Jamil
    Nov 10 at 14:15










  • you are welcome buddy :) Glad could help.
    – janardhan sharma
    Nov 10 at 14:19
















Thanks, I guess you are right. Implementation can vary as long as all the points holds true.
– Syed Ahmed Jamil
Nov 10 at 14:15




Thanks, I guess you are right. Implementation can vary as long as all the points holds true.
– Syed Ahmed Jamil
Nov 10 at 14:15












you are welcome buddy :) Glad could help.
– janardhan sharma
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you are welcome buddy :) Glad could help.
– janardhan sharma
Nov 10 at 14:19












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If Subject was an interface, then every class that implements Subject must re-implement all the registerObserver, unregisterObserver, and notify methods which are very standard.



You may say that you will put those methods into a helper class so that every derived Subject can just delegate the tasks to this helper. But after all, you have to duplicate the delegation code for all derived Subject classes. Althought the delegation code is short and straight-forward, that duplication is still frustrating.



You can find that argument near the end of this very interesting article of Uncle Bob: http://blog.cleancoder.com/uncle-bob/2015/01/08/InterfaceConsideredHarmful.html






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  • Thanks that was a nice and funny read answered a lot of other frustrating questions
    – Syed Ahmed Jamil
    Nov 11 at 19:01















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If Subject was an interface, then every class that implements Subject must re-implement all the registerObserver, unregisterObserver, and notify methods which are very standard.



You may say that you will put those methods into a helper class so that every derived Subject can just delegate the tasks to this helper. But after all, you have to duplicate the delegation code for all derived Subject classes. Althought the delegation code is short and straight-forward, that duplication is still frustrating.



You can find that argument near the end of this very interesting article of Uncle Bob: http://blog.cleancoder.com/uncle-bob/2015/01/08/InterfaceConsideredHarmful.html






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  • Thanks that was a nice and funny read answered a lot of other frustrating questions
    – Syed Ahmed Jamil
    Nov 11 at 19:01













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up vote
5
down vote









If Subject was an interface, then every class that implements Subject must re-implement all the registerObserver, unregisterObserver, and notify methods which are very standard.



You may say that you will put those methods into a helper class so that every derived Subject can just delegate the tasks to this helper. But after all, you have to duplicate the delegation code for all derived Subject classes. Althought the delegation code is short and straight-forward, that duplication is still frustrating.



You can find that argument near the end of this very interesting article of Uncle Bob: http://blog.cleancoder.com/uncle-bob/2015/01/08/InterfaceConsideredHarmful.html






share|improve this answer














If Subject was an interface, then every class that implements Subject must re-implement all the registerObserver, unregisterObserver, and notify methods which are very standard.



You may say that you will put those methods into a helper class so that every derived Subject can just delegate the tasks to this helper. But after all, you have to duplicate the delegation code for all derived Subject classes. Althought the delegation code is short and straight-forward, that duplication is still frustrating.



You can find that argument near the end of this very interesting article of Uncle Bob: http://blog.cleancoder.com/uncle-bob/2015/01/08/InterfaceConsideredHarmful.html







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Thanks that was a nice and funny read answered a lot of other frustrating questions
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