Errata for Design Patterns

pp 94

"^ Maze new addRoom: r1; addRoom: r2; yourself" ->

should be

"^ Maze new addRoom: room1; addRoom: room2; yourself"

pp 144, 145

The discussion on pluggable adapters was improved. Here are the updated pages (12KB PDF).

pp 253

if (strcmp(name, _name) != 0) {

should be

if (strcmp(name, _name) == 0) {

5th Printing (December 1995)

pp 94

createMaze: aFactory | room1 room2 aDoor | room1 = (aFactory make: #room) number: 1. room2 = (aFactory make: #room) number: 2. aDoor = (aFactory make: #door) from: room1 to: room2. ...

should have had assignment statements

createMaze: aFactory | room1 room2 aDoor | room1 := (aFactory make: #room) number: 1. room2 := (aFactory make: #room) number: 2. aDoor := (aFactory make: #door) from: room1 to: room2.

pp 300

The arrow labeled "subjects" in the diagram should have a black ball on the end.

3rd Printing (May 1995)

pp 297

"...to let the observer know which observer is sending the notification."

should be

"...to let the observer know which subject is sending the notification."

2nd Printing (December 1994)

pp 12, inside-back cover

The "spaghetti" diagram changed slightly to include an arrow labeled "sharing states" from State to Flyweight.

pp 175, 195, 196, 202

Some lines on these pages did not print correctly. (Well they did, but with width 1 at 2200 dpi. If you squint really carefully at your copy, you might just be able to see them!) Here's what they should look like (24KB PDF).