or, implement the Mediator-Mini-Controller anti-pattern at your peril.

The robotlegs out-of-the-box implementation – what I like to think of as the standard issue trousers – relies on a version of the mediator pattern.

In this usage, the mediator’s job description is clear: deliver stuff from the application’s shared event dispatcher to the view, and from the view to the event dispatcher.

Like any good delivery service*, it also offers enhanced packaging for your exotic sending needs. Perhaps slipping your simple MouseEvent into an air-mail-approved CustomEvent envelope.

A good delivery service also varies its delivery approach based on the type of thing being delivered. Simple letters belong in the mail box. Packages requiring a signature lead to a knock on the door. Fragile goods are handled carefully.