Re: Why RTTI is considered as a bad design?
=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=D6=F6_Tiib?= <ootiib@hot.ee> writes:
Usually i see dynamic_cast<>() more used for cross-casting rather than down=
-casting. I bring an example. A specific Door passed to SomeDoer::open(Door=
*) may have Lockable interface or not. To have all Doors Lockable by defaul=
t would deviate from sane design since most doors can not be locked. Succes=
s of unlocking may depend of availability of Keys or LockPicks or whatever =
for this SomeDoer so open() forwards these problems to SomeDoer::unlock(Lo=
ckable*):
bool SomeDoer::open( Door* door ) const
{
// we might need to unlock first on some cases
Lockable* lock = dynamic_cast<Lockable*>(door);
if ( lock != NULL && lock->isLocked() && !unlock( lock ) )
{
return false;
}
return door->open();
}
Can you tell how such a situation can be resolved as elegantly without RTTI=
(or some self-made substitution of RTTI)?
The ->unlock() method becomes a no-op on a non-lockable door. In other words,
one may always call unlock, and if the door is lockable, it will be unlocked;
if not, no-op.
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