Lesson Overview and Goals

Hello, welcome back! Today, we will delve into the fundamentals of Basic Design Patterns — specifically, Composition! A critical pattern in software design, composition helps us create complex types by combining simpler components using Go's structs and interfaces. Our journey today will explore the concept of composition, its value in software development, and how to implement it practically in Go.

Garnering Clarity on the Composition Design Pattern

To kick-start our exploration, let's understand Composition. In software design, composition refers to the way we combine simpler types into a more complex system using structs and interfaces in Go. For example, when constructing a car, we bring together components like the Engine, Wheels, and Seats. In composition, if the parent object (the car) ceases to exist, the encapsulated components generally cease to exist as well, reflecting real-world dependencies.

Acing the Composition Design in Go

Now, let's translate the theory into Go. We’ll show how a Car can be composed by encapsulating the Engine, Wheels, and Seats structs within it. The will own these components, and their lifecycles are managed within the .

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