“Handler” pattern?

Question

I\'ve come across a design pattern that\'s been referred to as a \"Handler Pattern,\" but I can\'t find any real references to this pattern anywhere. It\'s basically just a

Answer 1

I've seen the "Handler" classes around in legacy code bases, especially for web services. From what I've seen though, these typically turn out to be an Adapter, Facade, or some similar pattern and ends up getting called a Handler since it is handling a request.