Mediator Design Pattern in Java

Mediator design pattern

  1. Create an "intermediary" that decouples "senders" from "receivers"
  2. Producers are coupled only to the Mediator
  3. Consumers are coupled only to the Mediator
  4. The Mediator arbitrates the storing and retrieving of messages
// 1. The "intermediary"
class Mediator {
    // 4. The Mediator arbitrates
    private boolean slotFull = false;
    private int number;

    public synchronized void storeMessage(int num) {
        // no room for another message
        while (slotFull == true) {
            try {
                wait();
            }
            catch (InterruptedException e ) {
                Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
            }
        }
        slotFull = true;
        number = num;
        notifyAll();
    }

    public synchronized int retrieveMessage() {
        // no message to retrieve
        while (slotFull == false) {
            try {
                wait();
            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
            }
        }
        slotFull = false;
        notifyAll();
        return number;
    }
}

class Producer implements Runnable {
    // 2. Producers are coupled only to the Mediator
    private Mediator med;
    private int id;
    private static int num = 1;

    public Producer(Mediator m) {
        med = m;
        id = num++;
    }

    @Override
    public void run() {
        int num;
        while (true) {
            med.storeMessage(num = (int)(Math.random()*100));
            System.out.print( "p" + id + "-" + num + "  " );
        }
    }
}

class Consumer implements Runnable {
    // 3. Consumers are coupled only to the Mediator
    private Mediator med;
    private int    id;
    private static int num = 1;

    public Consumer(Mediator m) {
        med = m;
        id = num++;
    }

    @Override
    public void run() {
        while (true) {
            System.out.print("c" + id + "-" + med.retrieveMessage() + "  ");
        }
    }
}

public class MediatorDemo {
    public static void main( String[] args ) {
        List<Thread> producerList = new ArrayList<>();
        Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
        System.out.println("Press ENTER for exit");
        Mediator mb = new Mediator();
        producerList.add(new Thread(new Producer(mb)));
        producerList.add(new Thread(new Producer(mb)));
        producerList.add(new Thread(new Consumer(mb)));
        producerList.add(new Thread(new Consumer(mb)));
        producerList.add(new Thread(new Consumer(mb)));
        producerList.add(new Thread(new Consumer(mb)));
        for (Thread p : producerList) {
            p.start();
        }
        boolean stop = false;
        String exit = scanner.nextLine();
        while (!stop) {
            if (exit.equals("")) {
                stop = true;
                for (Thread p : producerList) {
                    //noinspection deprecation
                    p.stop();
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Output

p1-87   c1-87   p2-37   c3-37   p1-28   c2-28   p2-58   c1-58   p1-18   c4-18
p2-42   c3-42   p1-3   c2-3   p2-11   c3-11   p1-72   c2-72   p2-75   c3-75
p1-93   c4-93   p2-52   c1-52   p1-21   c3-21   p2-80   c4-80   p1-96   c2-96

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