This course focuses on integrating the design patterns we've studied into a practical project: building a smart home system. Throughout this course, you'll learn how to create and adapt various smart home devices using the Factory Method and Adapter patterns. By the end, you will have a solid understanding of how these design patterns can make your smart home system more efficient, modular, and easier to maintain.

In this unit, we explore two essential design patterns: Factory Method and Adapter. These patterns help us create and adapt devices within a smart home system. To implement these patterns effectively, we will build the devices using the Factory Method and then adapt these devices to interact with other parts of the system using the Adapter pattern.

1. Factory Method Pattern:

   • Purpose: Encapsulates the creation of objects, making it easier to introduce new object types without altering existing code.
   • Steps:
     • Define a base class (Device) using TypeScript's abstract class.
     • Create specific device classes (Light, Fan) that extend from the base class.
     • Implement a factory class (DeviceFactory) to generate instances of these devices, using type annotations for safety.

2. Adapter Pattern:

   • Purpose: Makes incompatible interfaces compatible, allowing objects from different classes to work together.
   • Steps:
     • Define an adapter interface (USPlugInterface) using a TypeScript interface.
     • Create adapter classes (LightAdapter, FanAdapter) that implement this interface and adapt the devices (Light, Fan) to the required interface.

To begin with, we use the Factory Method pattern in TypeScript to define an abstract base class for our devices, derive specific device classes from this base class, and finally create a factory class responsible for generating instances of these device classes. TypeScript's type annotations and abstract classes help ensure type safety and clear contracts for subclasses.

Here is the complete code for implementing the Factory Method pattern in TypeScript:

In this TypeScript implementation, the Device class is declared as abstract, enforcing that subclasses must implement the operate method. The DeviceFactory uses a union type ("light" | "fan") for the deviceType parameter, ensuring only valid device types can be passed. Type annotations throughout the code provide compile-time safety and clarity.

Now, let's ensure our devices can interact with other parts of the system that expect a different interface. Specifically, we create an adapter to make our devices compatible with a method called plugIntoUSSocket. In TypeScript, we define the adapter interface using the interface keyword, and adapter classes implement this interface to provide the required compatibility.

Here is the complete code for implementing the Adapter pattern in TypeScript:

In this TypeScript implementation, the USPlugInterface is defined using the interface keyword, specifying the plugIntoUSSocket method. The adapter classes (LightAdapter and FanAdapter) implement this interface and use type annotations for their constructor parameters and properties, ensuring type safety and clear intent.

Implementing the Factory Method and Adapter patterns in our smart home system allows us to create a variety of devices in a clean and reusable manner. The Factory Method pattern helps manage the creation of device objects, while the Adapter pattern ensures that these devices can seamlessly interact with different interfaces. This structured approach makes our smart home system more modular, flexible, and easier to maintain and extend in the future. TypeScript's type system and features such as abstract classes and interfaces further enhance code safety and maintainability.