Structural Design Patterns in Modern C++ - Intent and Implementation Overview

The video tutorial explains the Flyweight design pattern, which is used to efficiently support large numbers of fine-grained objects by sharing their intrinsic state. It introduces the base and concrete flyweight classes, highlighting the importance of separating intrinsic and extrinsic states. The tutorial also covers the flyweight factory, which manages object creation and sharing, similar to an object pool but with a focus on state sharing. The video concludes with implementation strategies and the concept of immutability in flyweights.

What is the purpose of the Flyweight pattern in terms of memory consumption?

Explain the difference between intrinsic state and extrinsic state in the Flyweight pattern.

How does the Flyweight factory manage the creation of Flyweight instances?

What role does the client play in the Flyweight pattern regarding instance creation?

Why might some objects in a Flyweight implementation be unshared?