--- title: "Kotlin Design Patterns: Visitor Explained" url: https://daily.dev/posts/kotlin-design-patterns-visitor-explained-tgkwmgrar source_url: https://proandroiddev.com/kotlin-design-patterns-visitor-explained-21f474309210 type: article source: "ProAndroidDev" published: 2024-05-07T16:05:24.967Z updated: 2024-05-09T08:22:04.995Z tags: ["kotlin", "design-patterns"] reading_time: 3 upvotes: 8 comments: 1 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Kotlin Design Patterns: Visitor Explained **[ProAndroidDev](https://daily.dev/sources/pand)** · 3 min read · 8 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary The Visitor design pattern allows for the separation of an algorithm from the object structure, enabling the addition of new algorithms without changing the object structure. It promotes open/closed principle, single responsibility, and extension of a class. However, updating all Visitors is necessary when a class is added or removed from the hierarchy. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@fayaz07** · 0 upvotes > good read ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#kotlin](https://daily.dev/tags/kotlin), [#design-patterns](https://daily.dev/tags/design-patterns) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/kotlin-design-patterns-visitor-explained-tgkwmgrar)