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Example of Clojure Derive/Multimethods for inheritance/polymorphism
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| ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; | |
| ; BASE CLASS | |
| ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; | |
| ; public class ContentItem { | |
| ; public String foobar() { | |
| ; return "content_item"; | |
| ; } | |
| ; } | |
| (defn model-type-dispatch [item] | |
| (keyword (str "model/" (:type item)))) | |
| (defmulti foobar model-type-dispatch) | |
| (defmethod foobar :model/content_item [item] | |
| "content_item") | |
| ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; | |
| ; CHILD CLASS - OVERRIDES METOHD | |
| ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; | |
| ; public class Chef extends ContentItem { | |
| ; public String foobar() { | |
| ; return "chef"; | |
| ; } | |
| ; } | |
| (derive :model/chef :model/content_item) | |
| (defmethod foobar :model/chef [item] | |
| "chef") | |
| ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; | |
| ; CHILD CLASS - WITHOUT OVERRIDE | |
| ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; | |
| ; public class Source extends ContentItem { | |
| ; } | |
| (derive :model/source :model/content_item) | |
| ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; | |
| ; MAIN | |
| ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; | |
| ; public static void main(String[] args) { | |
| ; System.out.println(new ContentItem().foobar()); | |
| ; System.out.println(new Chef().foobar()); | |
| ; System.out.println(new Source().foobar()); | |
| ; } | |
| (foobar {:type "content_item"}) ; => content_item | |
| (foobar {:type "chef"}) ; => chef | |
| (foobar {:type "source"}) ; => content_item | |
| (isa? :model/chef :model/content_item) ; => true | |
| (isa? :model/source :model/content_item) ; => true |
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