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Install it, pinned
mdr add robsonkades/agent-skills/gof-memento@git:20260927.9ecadfd

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SKILL.md skill
Repository
robsonkades/agent-skills
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skills/gof-memento/SKILL.md
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Latest version
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Repository stars
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License
Apache-2.0

Memento in modern Java: capturing an object's state so it can be restored later, without exposing that state to whoever holds the capture. Covers the encapsulation techniques Java offers, why immutable state can be retained by reference behind an appropriate boundary, the memory cost of an undo stack and the alternatives (inverses, diffs, structural sharing), the torn capture when the source mutates mid-copy, and the distinction from a durable snapshot and from event sourcing. Use when undo…

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What the file says

# Memento

## Purpose

Let something outside an object hold that object's past state without being able to read or
corrupt it. The caretaker keeps the capture and hands it back; only the originator understands
what is inside.

That opacity is the pattern, and it is what a `getState()`/`setState()` pair is not: exposing the
state as a public structure lets holders inspect it, depend on its shape and, if mutable, change it, which
is the coupling the pattern exists to prevent.

Start with the consumer's undo/recovery operation and existing history. Establish which state is
restorable, who may hold or apply a capture, whether restore overwrites intervening edits, and
which external facts must remain true. Reuse existing observations and budgets; ask only about
missing ownership, conflict or recovery requirements that change the design.

Inspect the project's compiler release/toolchain and state ownership before changing the API.
Examples are partial Java 17 snippets (records and sealed types, no preview); imports, domain
types and mutators are omitted. Keep the project baseline rather than upgrading it for a pattern.

## Memento, snapshot, event sourcing

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How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add robsonkades/agent-skills/gof-memento@sha256:7e6b2f60fbf967a5

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Source

GitHub

robsonkades/agent-skills · 3 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-10-28 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_pdky6bjs3kbhnwbz
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=robsonkades/agent-skills/gof-memento
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/7e6b2f60fbf967a52241a8fcd8361884a55624645bb3cb963d8371672f2e81da

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