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|class LinkNode | |class LinkNode | ||
| attr_reader :name, :next, :value | | attr_reader :name, :next, :value | ||
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| def initialize(name, next,value) | | def initialize(name, next,value) | ||
| @name, @next, @value = name, next, value | | @name, @next, @value = name, next, value | ||
| end | | end | ||
| | | | ||
| def getNext | | def getNext | ||
| next | | next | ||
| end | | end | ||
|end | |end | ||
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|node1 = LinkNode.new('Dave',nul,nul) | |node1 = LinkNode.new('Dave',nul,nul) | ||
|node2 = LinkNode.new('John,nul,nul) | |node2 = LinkNode.new('John,nul,nul) | ||
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|module StringNode | |module StringNode | ||
| def isEmptyString? | | def isEmptyString? | ||
| if value == nul | | if value == nul | ||
| true | | true | ||
| else | | else | ||
| false | | false | ||
| end | | end | ||
|end | |end | ||
| | | | ||
|node1.extend(StringNode) | |node1.extend(StringNode) | ||
Revision as of 23:04, 6 June 2008
Prototype-based Programming
In Lecture 7, we consider prototype-based programming in Ruby. The example that is given is some what artificial. Can you identify real tasks that are easier with prototype-based programming than with class-based programming? Give the code, at least in outline.
After researching this matter, I hit on the idea of using prototype-based programming to handle linked lists. Since the nodes would need to handle different objects, the first node implemented would serve as a prototype for nodes that contain different attributes or more complicated logic. Any container or pointer class that has to deal with a number of functions, you can either use the same
Ex.
|class LinkNode | attr_reader :name, :next, :value | | def initialize(name, next,value) | @name, @next, @value = name, next, value | end | | def getNext | next | end |end | |node1 = LinkNode.new('Dave',nul,nul) |node2 = LinkNode.new('John,nul,nul) | |module StringNode | def isEmptyString? | if value == nul | true | else | false | end |end | |node1.extend(StringNode)