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State vs Strategy

Applicability

• State
  • a state is associated one or more other states
• Strategy
  • strategies are independent

Focus

• State
  • state switching
• Strategy
  • independent works

Context Role Responsibility

• State
  • the context cooperates with states to switch states
• Strategy
  • the context switches strategies ifself

Visibility

• State
  • states are internal
• Strategy
  • strategy maybe exposed

Complexity

• State
  • states are coupled
  • state count is usually limited
• Strategy
  • simple
  • extensible
  • readable

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