The document discusses various design patterns. It begins by explaining that design patterns represent best practices used by experienced software developers to solve common problems. It then discusses the Gang of Four (GOF) patterns, which were identified in 1994 and include creational, structural, and behavioral patterns. Creational patterns like Singleton, Factory Method, Abstract Factory, and Prototype are covered. Structural patterns like Adapter, Bridge, Composite, Decorator, Facade, Flyweight, and Proxy are also introduced. Behavioral patterns like Chain of Responsibility, Command, Interpreter, Iterator, Mediator, Memento, Observer, State, Strategy, Template Method, and Visitor are briefly mentioned as well. The document then discusses some Java Enterprise