Editing Composite pattern (section)

{{Short description|Design pattern in software engineering}}
In [[software engineering]], the '''composite pattern''' is a partitioning [[design pattern (computer science)|design pattern]]. The composite pattern describes a group of objects that are treated the same way as a single instance of the same type of object. The intent of a composite is to "compose" objects into tree structures to represent part-whole hierarchies. Implementing the composite pattern lets clients treat individual objects and compositions uniformly.<ref name="GangOfFour">{{cite book |author    = Gamma, Erich
 |author2   = Richard Helm
 |author3   = Ralph Johnson
 |author4   = John M. Vlissides
 |title     = Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
 |publisher = Addison-Wesley
 |year      = 1995
 |pages     = [https://archive.org/details/designpatternsel00gamm/page/395 395]
 |isbn      = 0-201-63361-2
 |url       = https://archive.org/details/designpatternsel00gamm/page/395
}}</ref>