doubledispatch.java

Thinking in C++ 2nd edition source code which are all the cores of the book Thinking in C++ second e

//: C25:DoubleDispatch.java
// From Thinking in C++, 2nd Edition
// at http://www.BruceEckel.com
// (c) Bruce Eckel 1999
// Copyright notice in Copyright.txt
// Using multiple dispatching to handle more
// than one unknown type during a member function call.
package c16.doubledispatch;
import c16.trash.*;
import java.util.*;

class AluminumBin extends TypedBin {
  public boolean add(DDAluminum a) {
    return addIt(a);
  }
}

class PaperBin extends TypedBin {
  public boolean add(DDPaper a) {
    return addIt(a);
  }
}

class GlassBin extends TypedBin {
  public boolean add(DDGlass a) {
    return addIt(a);
  }
}

class CardboardBin extends TypedBin {
  public boolean add(DDCardboard a) {
    return addIt(a);
  }
}

class TrashBinSet {
  private TypedBin[] binSet = {
    new AluminumBin(),
    new PaperBin(),
    new GlassBin(),
    new CardboardBin()
  };
  public void sortIntoBins(Vector bin) {
    Enumeration e = bin.elements();
    while(e.hasMoreElements()) {
      TypedBinMember t =
        (TypedBinMember)e.nextElement();
      if(!t.addToBin(binSet))
        System.err.println("Couldn't add " + t);
    }
  }
  public TypedBin[] binSet() { return binSet; }
}

public class DoubleDispatch {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Vector bin = new Vector();
    TrashBinSet bins = new TrashBinSet();
    // ParseTrash still works, without changes:
    ParseTrash.fillBin("DDTrash.dat", bin);
    // Sort from the master bin into the
    // individually-typed bins:
    bins.sortIntoBins(bin);
    TypedBin[] tb = bins.binSet();
    // Perform sumValue for each bin...
    for(int i = 0; i < tb.length; i++)
      Trash.sumValue(tb[i].v);
    // ... and for the master bin
    Trash.sumValue(bin);
  }
} ///:~