I was going to try to write a short description but I may as well just link to the wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategy_pattern http://en.wikipedia.

I was going to try to write a short description but I may as well just link to the wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategy_pattern http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategy_pattern This design pattern gives you the freedom to select algorithms for different behaviours without being tied to the strictness of the inheritance hierarchy.