調解員模式

把中間人模式想象成控制空中飛機的飛行控制塔：它現在指揮這架飛機著陸，第二架飛機等待，第三架飛機起飛等等。但是沒有飛機可以與同行交談。

這是 mediator 的工作方式，它作為不同模組之間的通訊中心，這樣可以減少模組之間的依賴關係，增加鬆耦合，從而提高可移植性。

這個 聊天室示例 解釋了介體模式的工作原理：

// each participant is just a module that wants to talk to other modules(other participants)
var Participant = function(name) {
    this.name = name;
    this.chatroom = null;
};
 // each participant has method for talking, and also listening to other participants
Participant.prototype = {
    send: function(message, to) {
        this.chatroom.send(message, this, to);
    },
    receive: function(message, from) {
        log.add(from.name + " to " + this.name + ": " + message);
    }
};

 // chatroom is the Mediator: it is the hub where participants send messages to, and receive messages from
var Chatroom = function() {
    var participants = {};
 
    return {
 
        register: function(participant) {
            participants[participant.name] = participant;
            participant.chatroom = this;
        },
 
        send: function(message, from) {
            for (key in participants) {   
                if (participants[key] !== from) {//you cant message yourself !
                    participants[key].receive(message, from);
                }
            }
        }

    };
};
 
// log helper
 
var log = (function() {
    var log = "";
 
    return {
        add: function(msg) { log += msg + "\n"; },
        show: function() { alert(log); log = ""; }
    }
})();
 
function run() {
    var yoko = new Participant("Yoko");
    var john = new Participant("John");
    var paul = new Participant("Paul");
    var ringo = new Participant("Ringo");
 
    var chatroom = new Chatroom();
    chatroom.register(yoko);
    chatroom.register(john);
    chatroom.register(paul);
    chatroom.register(ringo);
 
    yoko.send("All you need is love.");
    yoko.send("I love you John.");        
    paul.send("Ha, I heard that!");
 
    log.show();
}