RosettaCodeData/Task/Delegates/OoRexx/delegates.rexx

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Rexx

delegator = .delegator~new -- no delegate
say delegator~operation
-- an invalid delegate type
delegator~delegate = "Some string"
say delegator~operation
-- a good delegate
delegator~delegate = .thing~new
say delegator~operation
-- a directory object with a thing entry defined
d = .directory~new
d~thing = "delegate implementation"
delegator~delegate = d
say delegator~operation
-- a class we can use as a delegate
::class thing
::method thing
return "delegate implementation"
::class delegator
::method init
expose delegate
use strict arg delegate = .nil
::attribute delegate
::method operation
expose delegate
if delegate == .nil then return "default implementation"
-- Note: We could use delegate~hasMethod("THING") to check
-- for a THING method, but this will fail of the object relies
-- on an UNKNOWN method to handle the method. By trapping
-- NOMETHOD conditions, we can allow those calls to go
-- through
signal on nomethod
return delegate~thing
nomethod:
return "default implementation"