Flutter Design Patterns: 8 — Interpreter

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

Previously in the series, I have analysed a relatively simple and straightforward design pattern — Facade. In this article, I will analyse and implement a pattern, which has a similar structure to Composite but is used in a different context and for a different purpose — the Interpreter design pattern.

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Table of Contents

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

What is the Interpreter design pattern?

Wrong interpretation (source)

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