TypeObject [1] is a pattern in which an object uses another object as a class.

''The author of this page doesn't reveal what the [1] stands for, it may be "RalphJohnson and BobbyWoolf. "Type Object," PatternLanguagesOfProgramDesign 3, RobertMartin, DirkRiehle, and FrankBuschmann, eds., AddisonWesley, Reading, MA., 1997. ".''

''I thought I'd WikiName all authors as a test, and - whoo! - see what I got!''

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AnswerMe: I've seen this mentioned as a pattern, particularly in ActiveObjectModel.  Could someone write this up
in pattern form, or at least give a little more detail?

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I've seen this pattern mentioned in article about EclipseIde 
http://www.eclipse.org/articles/Article-Java-launch/launching-java.html
An idea is understandable: some object describes a type of another object.
But I agree that this page lacks detailed description of pattern.
BTW, why this pattern cannot be found among categories on
CategoryPattern page?

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