Structural and Creational Patterns: Reading Guide

Primary source and scope

Use Design Patterns for Adapter, Decorator, factories, and resource ownership. Find these topic headings in your edition; section numbering can differ. Start with the module concepts and worked examples.

Read actively

Draw the wrapped interface and resource lifetime for each pattern. Explain what the client can assume and which provider differences the adapter cannot safely hide.

When to stop and when to go deeper

For the compact path, stop once you can solve the transfer task, explain its assumptions, and pass the guided lab. For the full-book path, this assignment is a checkpoint within your scheduled whole-book reading, not permission to skip the remaining book. Additional sources belong in a question log until they address a specific failure.

Composition-contract evidence

Use the composition source guide for exact decimal conversion and resource cleanup. Reuse existing pattern books selectively; no extra full-book assignment is required.