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Re: encapsulation problem

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Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> wrote:
> Let's say you had three enum classes with a considerable amount of
> identical code. 
> 
> What are your options for encapsulation?

Three options:

  1. Don't encapsulate -- keep local copies of the shared logic in 
     each class. This can be the right choice in some situations.

  2. Move the shared logic into a utility class (i.e. static methods)

  3. Move the shared logic into a dedicated type and use instances of
     this type as delegatea in your enums.

A fourth option is to reconsider if enums is the right choice. If you
have a lot of common logic shared between different types of enums,
that's an indication that enums are a poor fit for the underlying problem.


-- 
Leif Roar Moldskred

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encapsulation problem Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2014-07-24 05:42 -0700
  Re: encapsulation problem Leif Roar Moldskred <leifm@huldreskog.lan> - 2014-07-24 16:46 -0500
  Re: encapsulation problem Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2014-07-25 00:31 +0200

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