flyweight pattern

noun

A structural design pattern in which an object contains no pointers to data type methods.

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Meanings

nounflyweight pattern (plural flyweight patterns)

plural flyweight patterns

  1. object-oriented computingcomputingA structural design pattern in which an object contains no pointers to data type methods.
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