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| Prototype-based object oriented programming is the method in which object behavior is defined by existing objects (or prototypes), not classes. In prototype-based programming (also called instance-based programming) prototypes are cloned to create extension objects.[1][4] Programmers then define the differences between the default behavior inherited from the prototype to create additional functionality for the extension object.[4]
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| All extension objects contain two parts: a list of pointers to their prototype objects, and a set of instructions unique to itself. When a method invocation is sent to an extension object, the object first looks to see if the method is defined in its own set of instructions. If the method is not found within the objects own code, it then looks for the method among the object's prototype methods, and so on. This system of method invocation is called delegation. Programming languages without delegation cannot implement prototype-based programming.[4] The examples in this article will use the Ruby programming language.
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| class FairyTaleCharacter
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| def morality
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| puts "I'm a good person!"
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| end
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| end
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| pinocchio = FairyTaleCharacter.new
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| robinHood = FairyTaleCharacter.new
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| tinkerBell = FairyTaleCharacter.new
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| module Flying
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| def fly
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| puts "I can fly!"
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| end
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| end
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| tinkerBell.extend(Flying)
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| module Evil
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| def morality
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| puts "I'm evil!"
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| end
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| end
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| wickedWitch = tinkerBell.clone()
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| wickedWitch.extend(Evil)
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| pinocchio.morality
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| robinHood.morality
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| tinkerBell.morality
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| tinkerBell.fly
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| wickedWitch.fly
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| In this example, we created three instances of class FairyTaleCharacter. We then extending the object tinkerBell with the ability to fly. At this point, we wish to create a fourth fairy tale character with the ability to flyThen we create a forth instance using the object tinkerBell as the prototype
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