RosettaCodeData/Task/Delegates/ALGOL-68/delegates.alg

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# An Algol 68 approximation of delegates #
# The delegate mode - the delegate is a STRUCT with a single field #
# that is a REF PROC STRING. If this is NIL, it doesn't implement #
# thing #
MODE DELEGATE = STRUCT( REF PROC STRING thing );
# A delegator mode that will invoke the delegate's thing method #
# - if there is a delegate and the delegate has a thing method #
MODE DELEGATOR = STRUCT( REF DELEGATE delegate
, PROC( REF DELEGATE )STRING thing
);
# constructs a new DELEGATE with the specified PROC as its thing #
# Algol 68 HEAP is like "new" in e.g. Java, but it can't take #
# parameters, so this PROC does the equivalent #
PROC new delegate = ( REF PROC STRING thing )REF DELEGATE:
BEGIN
REF DELEGATE result = HEAP DELEGATE;
thing OF result := thing;
result
END # new delegate #
;
# constructs a new DELEGATOR with the specified DELEGATE #
PROC new delegator = ( REF DELEGATE delegate )REF DELEGATOR:
HEAP DELEGATOR := ( delegate
, # anonymous PROC to invoke the delegate's thing #
( REF DELEGATE delegate )STRING:
IF delegate IS REF DELEGATE(NIL)
THEN
# we have no delegate #
"default implementation"
ELIF thing OF delegate IS REF PROC STRING(NIL)
THEN
# the delegate doesn't have an implementation #
"default implementation"
ELSE
# the delegate can thing #
thing OF delegate
FI
)
;
# invokes the delegate's thing via the delagator #
# Because the PROCs of a STRUCT don't have an equivalent of e.g. Java's #
# "this", we have to explicitly pass the delegate as a parameter #
PROC invoke thing = ( REF DELEGATOR delegator )STRING:
# the following is Algol 68 for what would be written in Java as #
# "delegator.thing( delegator.delegate )" #
( thing OF delegator )( delegate OF delegator )
;
main:
(
print( ( "No delegate : "
, invoke thing( new delegator( NIL ) )
, newline
, "Delegate with no thing: "
, invoke thing( new delegator( new delegate( NIL ) ) )
, newline
, "Delegate with a thing : "
, invoke thing( new delegator( new delegate( HEAP PROC STRING := STRING: ( "delegate implementation" ) ) ) )
, newline
)
)
)