Decorator (CoffeeDecorator): ○ The CoffeeDecorator class is an abstract class that implements the ICoffee interface and holds a reference to an ICoffee object. This class

Short answer: llows us to add additional behavior to the coffee object, but we don't modify the base class (SimpleCoffee).

Explain a bit more

public abstract class CoffeeDecorator : ICoffee { protected ICoffee _coffee; protected CoffeeDecorator(ICoffee coffee) => _coffee = coffee; public virtual double Cost() => _coffee.Cost(); public virtual string Description() => _coffee.Description(); } llows us to add additional behavior to the coffee object, but we don't modify the base class (SimpleCoffee). public abstract class CoffeeDecorator : ICoffee { protected ICoffee _coffee; protected CoffeeDecorator(ICoffee coffee) => _coffee = coffee; public virtual double Cost() => _coffee.Cost(); public virtual string Description() => _coffee.Description(); }

Real-world example (ShopNest)

Logging and caching decorators wrap IProductRepository so core SQL code stays clean.

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3. Trade-off — when you would not use it.