Strategy Pattern - Pattern Series

[Sohail Sarwar Tahir]

ok lets talk about Strategy Pattern.........

a) You have strategies=algorithms to solve a problem
b) context: every algoirhtm is suitable for a particular context
c) you invoke the strategy on the bases of context

example 1:

You can apply strategy pattern to dynamically change your basketball strategy during the game

Whats the context here?
skillset of players
time remaning
score
etc.

Whats the strategy here?
Basketball has strategies like 3-2-1, 2-1-2, 1-2-2

example 2:

You need to sort data in flat file

Whats the strategy here?

Merge sort
Radical sort
Quick Sort
etc

Whats the context?

Size of the file
data separability
etc.

Code:

http://www.dofactory.com/Patterns/PatternStrategy.aspx