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Observer Design Pattern | Java Interview Prep Series

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The Observer Design Pattern is a behavioral design pattern that enables one object (the publisher) to automatically notify multiple dependent objects (subscribers) whenever its state changes. This pattern is commonly used in systems like YouTube notifications, where channel owners (publishers) can publish content and all subscribers (followers) receive automatic notifications. The pattern consists of a Publisher interface with methods for subscribe, unsubscribe, and notifySubscribers, and a Subscriber interface with a sendNotification method. Concrete implementations like EmailSubscriber and PushSubscriber handle different notification channels. The pattern decouples the publisher from subscribers, allowing the publisher to change state without knowing which subscribers exist, while subscribers can be added or removed dynamically.