{"id":"chain-of-responsibility-implicit-receiver","text":"The Chain of Responsibility pattern decouples sender from receiver by passing a request along a chain of candidate objects until one handles it; the sender has no knowledge of which object will handle the request (implicit receiver).","truth_value":"IN","source":"entries/2026/06/17/gof-oo-chunk-15.md","source_url":"","source_hash":"","justifications":[],"dependents":["chain-effective-decoupling","four-decoupling-patterns-topology"],"metadata":{"last_premise_reviewed":"2026-06-17T18:19:22","premise_review_result":"pass"},"created_at":"2026-06-17T17:04:08+00:00","updated_at":"2026-06-17T17:04:08+00:00","reviewed_at":"","verified_at":"","retracted_at":"","explanation":{"steps":[{"node":"chain-of-responsibility-implicit-receiver","truth_value":"IN","reason":"premise"}]}}