Software Design Archive

In this post, we will understand the Liskov substitution principle and illustrate how it works with an extended example in Java. The Liskov substitution principle states that an object of a superclass should be replaceable with an object of any of its subclasses. It is one of the SOLID design principles in object-oriented software

The open-closed principle states that classes and modules in a software system should be open for extension but closed for modification. It is one of the SOLID principles for software design.In this post, we will build a step-by-step understanding of the open/closed principle using examples in Java. Why Should You Apply the Open/Closed Principle?

What is the Single Responsibility Principle? The SRP is often misinterpreted to stipulate that a module should only do one thing. While designing functions only to have one purpose is good software engineering practice, it is not what the single responsibility principle states. In a nutshell, the single responsibility principle is one of the

In this post, we will discuss hashing in Java and introduce a few data structures such as hashtables and hashmaps that rely on hashing. What is Hashing? Hashing is a technique that allows a program to store and subsequently find an object in a large collection of items without going through every item. A

In this post, we introduce the priority queue in Java and explain the underlying concept of a heap. What is a Priority Queue in Java? In a priority queue, items are ordered alphabetically in ascending order, numerically in ascending order, or according to a user-defined attribute based on a custom comparator. In a priority

In this post we learn how to implement a queue in Java using the linked list and priority queue data structures provided by Java. What is a Queue in Java? A queue is a data structure in Java and many other programming languages. Elements are added according to the FIFO (first-in, first-out) principle. An

In this post we look at the stack in Java, a data structure that operates on the LIFO principle. We discuss (clicking the link will take you to the section): What is a Stack How to implement a Stack using collections and deque How to implement a Java stack from scratch What is a

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In. this post we introduce and define the array data structure in java, how to use it and what common operations can be performed using arrays. What is an Array in Java? An array is a fixed-length Java container object that contains other objects of the same type. An array’s length and the type

In this post, we will introduce the collection module in Python, which provides a range of container types for object storage. We introduce the concept of a container in Python and then we go through the available container types. What is a Container in Python? Containers in Python are meta-objects that can hold an