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README.md

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ A curated collection of idiomatic design & application patterns for Go language.
 | [State](/behavioral/state.md) | Encapsulates varying behavior for the same object based on its internal state | ✘ |
 | [Strategy](/behavioral/strategy.md) | Enables an algorithm's behavior to be selected at runtime | ✔ |
 | [Template](/behavioral/template.md) | Defines a skeleton class which defers some methods to subclasses | ✘ |
-| [Visitor](/behavioral/visitor.md) | Separates an algorithm from an object on which it operates | ✘ |
+| [Visitor](/behavioral/visitor.md) | Separates an algorithm from an object on which it operates | ✔ |
 
 ## Synchronization Patterns
 

behavioral/visitor.md

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+# Visitor Pattern
+Visitor behavioral design pattern provides a way to separate an algorithm from an object on which it operates.
+
+It gives the ability to extend the existing object without modifying the object itself.
+
+## Implementation
+Implementation of a visitor that can add functionality to the shape structures.
+
+```go
+type Visitor interface {
+	visitCircle(circle Circle) string
+	visitLine(line Line) string
+}
+
+type Shape interface {
+	accept(Visitor) string
+}
+
+type Circle struct {
+	Rad int
+}
+
+func (c Circle) accept(v Visitor) string {
+	return v.visitCircle(c)
+}
+
+type Line struct {
+	Len int
+}
+
+func (l Line) accept(v Visitor) string {
+	return v.visitLine(l)
+}
+```
+
+## Usage
+### JSON marshaller
+Using visitor to marshal shapes to JSON
+```go
+type JsonVisitor struct {
+}
+
+func (*JsonVisitor) visitCircle(circle Circle) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`{"type": "circle", "radius": "%v"}`, circle.Rad)
+}
+
+func (*JsonVisitor) visitLine(line Line) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`{"type": "line", "length": "%v"}`, line.Len)
+}
+```
+
+```go
+circle := Circle{12}
+line := Line{42}
+jsonVisitor := JsonVisitor{}
+fmt.Println(circle.accept(&jsonVisitor))
+fmt.Println(line.accept(&jsonVisitor))
+```
+
+### XML marshaller
+Using visitor to marshal shapes to XML
+```go
+type XmlVisitor struct {
+}
+
+func (*XmlVisitor) visitCircle(circle Circle) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`<circle><radius>%d</radius></circle>`, circle.Rad)
+}
+
+func (*XmlVisitor) visitLine(line Line) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`<line><length>%d</length></line>`, line.Len)
+}
+```
+
+```go
+circle := Circle{12}
+line := Line{42}
+xmlVisitor := XmlVisitor{}
+fmt.Println(circle.accept(&xmlVisitor))
+fmt.Println(line.accept(&xmlVisitor))
+```

behavioral/visitor/main.go

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+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+type Visitor interface {
+	visitCircle(circle Circle) string
+	visitLine(line Line) string
+}
+
+type Shape interface {
+	accept(Visitor) string
+}
+
+type Circle struct {
+	Rad int
+}
+
+func (c Circle) accept(v Visitor) string {
+	return v.visitCircle(c)
+}
+
+type Line struct {
+	Len int
+}
+
+func (l Line) accept(v Visitor) string {
+	return v.visitLine(l)
+}
+
+type JsonVisitor struct {
+}
+
+func (*JsonVisitor) visitCircle(circle Circle) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`{"type": "circle", "radius": "%v"}`, circle.Rad)
+}
+
+func (*JsonVisitor) visitLine(line Line) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`{"type": "line", "length": "%v"}`, line.Len)
+}
+
+type XmlVisitor struct {
+}
+
+func (*XmlVisitor) visitCircle(circle Circle) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`<circle><radius>%d</radius></circle>`, circle.Rad)
+}
+
+func (*XmlVisitor) visitLine(line Line) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`<line><length>%d</length></line>`, line.Len)
+}
+
+func main() {
+	circle := Circle{12}
+	line := Line{42}
+	jsonVisitor := JsonVisitor{}
+	fmt.Println(circle.accept(&jsonVisitor))
+	fmt.Println(line.accept(&jsonVisitor))
+
+	xmlVisitor := XmlVisitor{}
+	fmt.Println(circle.accept(&xmlVisitor))
+	fmt.Println(line.accept(&xmlVisitor))
+}