The Strategy pattern allows an algorithm to be swapped without changing the code that uses it, but a common design challenge arises when different concrete strategies require different configuration parameters specific to each algorithm. This concept belongs to object-oriented software design patterns, specifically the interaction between the Strategy pattern and configuration/parameterization design. The resolution relies on the principle that classes combine data with behavior: strategy-specific parameters should be owned and set at the point where a concrete strategy instance is constructed (where the coupling to that specific strategy already exists), rather than passed through the code that merely uses the strategy abstractly.
The Strategy pattern allows an algorithm to be swapped without changing the code that uses it, but a common design challenge arises when different concrete strategies require different configuration …