Flutter Design Patterns: 14 — Prototype

An overview of the Prototype design pattern and its implementation in Dart and Flutter

Previously in the series, I analyzed one of the behavioural design patterns — Memento. This time I would like to represent a relatively simple design pattern compared to the other patterns in the series that belong to the category of creational design patterns — the Prototype.

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Table of Contents

• What is the Prototype design pattern?
• Analysis
• Implementation
• Other articles in this series
• Your contribution

What is the Prototype design pattern?

How cloning works (source)

The Prototype is a creational design pattern, which intention in the GoF book is described like this:

Specify the kinds of objects to…