Flutter Design Patterns: 15 — Proxy

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

In the last article, I analysed a relatively simple design pattern compared to the other patterns in the series — Prototype. In this article, I would like to analyse and implement a structural design pattern that is very practical and could be used in a lot of cases when developing applications with Dart and Flutter — it is a Proxy.

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Table of Contents

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

What is the Proxy design pattern?

If the proxy service were a person… (source)

Proxy, also known as Surrogate, belongs to the category of structural design patterns. The intention of this design pattern is described in the…