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I think the closest formal (GoF) pattern for what you are describing is the Mediator pattern, which acts as the third-party object you are describing. The main challenge is that this pattern is open to abuse as described by the God anti-pattern
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Re^4: One to many, many to one relationships
by rvosa (Curate) on Mar 17, 2007 at 00:14 UTC
    Thanks, yes - I'm using the mediator pattern, it's pretty much what I thought I should do so it's nice to see it validated by the Gang of Four :)
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