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Chain of Responsibility Pattern

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Chain of Responsibility Pattern

Pass requests along a chain of handlers. Each handler decides to process the request or pass it to the next node.

Chain of Responsibility links independent handler classes in a sequential pipeline, passing unhandled tasks down the line.

Core Design Challenge

"How do we route customer tickets through support tiers without writing nested conditional branching statements?"

What You'll Learn:

  • Passing requests sequentially along a chain of handlers
  • Allowing handlers to decide whether to process or pass a request
  • Adding, removing, or reordering handlers dynamically
  • Decoupling senders from receivers by having a single entry point
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