Facade pattern

Rarity: Uncommon

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Notion

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Science and technology

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What Wikipedia says

The facade pattern (also spelled façade) is a software design pattern commonly used in object-oriented programming. Analogous to a façade in architecture, it is an object that serves as a front-facing interface masking more complex underlying or structural code. A facade can:

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