EventDispatch implements the Mediator pattern, not the Observer pattern

johnkary · weaverryan · commit 5c0e52c22e93 · 2013-07-20T15:27:26.000-05:00
diff --git a/components/event_dispatcher/introduction.rst b/components/event_dispatcher/introduction.rst
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ or after a method is executed, without interfering with other plugins. This is
 not an easy problem to solve with single inheritance, and multiple inheritance
 (were it possible with PHP) has its own drawbacks.
 
-The Symfony2 Event Dispatcher component implements the `Observer`_ pattern in
+The Symfony2 Event Dispatcher component implements the `Mediator`_ pattern in
 a simple and effective way to make all these things possible and to make your
 projects truly extensible.
 
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ part of the listener's processing logic::
         }
     }
 
-.. _Observer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observer_pattern
+.. _Mediator: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediator_pattern
 .. _Closures: http://php.net/manual/en/functions.anonymous.php
 .. _PHP callable: http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.pseudo-types.php#language.types.callback
 .. _Packagist: https://packagist.org/packages/symfony/event-dispatcher

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`@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ or after a method is executed, without interfering with other plugins. This is`
`20`	`20`	`not an easy problem to solve with single inheritance, and multiple inheritance`
`21`	`21`	`(were it possible with PHP) has its own drawbacks.`
`22`	`22`
`23`		-The Symfony2 Event Dispatcher component implements the `Observer`_ pattern in
	`23`	+The Symfony2 Event Dispatcher component implements the `Mediator`_ pattern in
`24`	`24`	`a simple and effective way to make all these things possible and to make your`
`25`	`25`	`projects truly extensible.`
`26`	`26`
`@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ part of the listener's processing logic::`
`597`	`597`	`}`
`598`	`598`	`}`
`599`	`599`
`600`		`-.. _Observer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observer_pattern`
	`600`	`+.. _Mediator: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediator_pattern`
`601`	`601`	`.. _Closures: http://php.net/manual/en/functions.anonymous.php`
`602`	`602`	`.. _PHP callable: http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.pseudo-types.php#language.types.callback`
`603`	`603`	`.. _Packagist: https://packagist.org/packages/symfony/event-dispatcher`