How to Implement Flyweight Design Pattern in Java

In this example we will show how to implement Flyweight Pattern in Java.

Source Code

package com.beginner.examples;

import java.util.*;  

//chess
abstract class Chess {  
  public abstract String getSize();  

  public void display() {  
      System.out.println("Size：" + this.getSize());    
  }  
}  

//big chess 
class BigChess extends Chess {  
  public String getSize() {  
      return "big";  
  }     
}  

//small chess
class SmallChess extends Chess { 
  public String getSize() {  
      return "small";  
  }  
}  

//flyweight factory
class FlyWeightFactory {  
  private static FlyWeightFactory instance = new FlyWeightFactory();  
  private static Hashtable h; //flyweight pool  
    
  private FlyWeightFactory() {  
      h = new Hashtable();  
      Chess big, small;  
      big = new BigChess();  
      h.put("b",big);  
      small = new SmallChess();  
      h.put("s",small);  
  }  
    
  public static FlyWeightFactory getInstance() {  
      return instance;  
  }  
     
  public static Chess getChess(String color) {  
      return (Chess)h.get(color);    
  }  
}

public class FlyweightExample {  
    public static void main(String args[]) {  
        Chess big1, big2, small1, small2;  
        FlyWeightFactory factory = FlyWeightFactory.getInstance();  
  
        big1 = factory.getChess("b");  
        big2 = factory.getChess("b");
        small1 = factory.getChess("s");  
        small2 = factory.getChess("s");

        big1.display();  
        big2.display();  
        small1.display();  
        small2.display();  
    }  
}

Output:

Size：big
Size：big
Size：small
Size：small