posted 22 years ago
A proxy is an object that acts in behalf of another object.
There are a number of applications for a proxy and it would be hard to tell what it is in your case without seeing some code. In general though, the proxy acts as a kind of middle man for a client object and the "real" object that is being proxied.
The GoF book lists the following types of proxies:
1) remote proxy - provides a local representative for an object in a different address space
2) virtual proxy - creates expensive objects on demand.
3) protection proxy - controls access to the original object.
4) smart reference - is a replacement for a bare pointer that performs additional actions when an object is accessed.
HTH
Junilu