Re: T copy()
On Dec 12, 5:56 pm, Lew <no...@lewscanon.com> wrote:
Daniel Pitts wrote:
This might be a better approach:
public abstract class LinearOperator {
Element argument;
/**
* Derived classes will return new Self(newArgument);
* Replacing Self appropriately
*/
public abstract LinearOperator sameOperator(Element newArgument)=
;
public Element distribute() {
return argument.distribute(this);
}
}
public class Element {
Many times it'd be better to have this 'Element' type as an interface.
public Element distribute(LinearOperator lo) {
throw new UnsupportedOperation(
"Can not distribute an element of type " + getClass=
());
}
}
public class Sum extends Element {
// assuming a,b defined.
@Override
public Sum distribute(LinearOperator lo) {
return new Sum(lo.sameOperator(a), lo.sameOperator(b));
}
}
This is one of many ways you can do that.
The main point is that instead of making LinearOperator or Element be awa=
re of
their subtypes, you're using polymorphism to resolve the exact action to =
take.
This is good programming.
--
Lew
Yes, I like it. What are other good ways that Daniel was referring to?
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