Status: IN
Bridge and Adapter provide complete temporal coverage of interface management: Bridge separates abstraction from implementation before design solidifies (anticipatory), while Adapter reconciles incompatible interfaces after independent design (reactive), together spanning the full design lifecycle.
Bridge's pre-design separation and Adapter's post-design reconciliation are complementary temporal strategies for the same problem (interface mismatch)
Depends on (SL): bridge-separates-abstraction-from-implementation, adapter-bridges-design-boundaries