Consider a system that includes a database client and two redundant database servers. Both database servers are identical: the first acts as a main server, the second acts as a hot back-up in case the main server fails. The database client accesses the severs through a single component called a “gateway,” hence hiding from the client which server is currently being used. A separate policy object called a “watchdog” monitors the requests and responses of the main server and, depending on the responses, tells the gateway whether to switch over to the back-up server. What do you call this design pattern? Draw a UML class diagram to justify your choice.

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What will be an ideal response?What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

This can be interpreted as a Strategy in which two concrete strategies are identical, that is, they are instances of the

same class (Figure 8-3). It can also be argued that this is a Proxy pattern which interacts with an external policy

object.