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* Companion code for the book "Introduction to Software Design with Java",
* 2nd edition by Martin P. Robillard.
*
* Copyright (C) 2022 by Martin P. Robillard
*
* This code is licensed under a Creative Commons
* Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
*
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*
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package e2.chapter9;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.function.Function;
/**
* Demonstration code for the Strategy pattern applied
* using functional-style design. See Section 9.5.
*/
public class AutoPlayer
{
private Function<List<Card>, Card> ;
public AutoPlayer(Function<List<Card>, Card> pSelectionStrategy) {
aSelectionStrategy = pSelectionStrategy;
}
@SuppressWarnings("unused")
public void play() {
Card selected = aSelectionStrategy.apply(getCards());
/* ... */
}
// Gets the cards to supply to the strategy
private List<Card> getCards() {
return null; // this is a stub
}
}
The SuppressWarnings
annotation interface is applicable
in all declaration contexts, so an @SuppressWarnings
annotation can be used on any element. As a matter of style,
programmers should always use this annotation on the most deeply
nested element where it is effective. For example, if you want to
suppress a warning in a particular method, you should annotate that
method rather than its class.
The set of warnings suppressed in a given element is a union of
the warnings suppressed in all containing elements. For example,
if you annotate a class to suppress one warning and annotate a
method in the class to suppress another, both warnings will be
suppressed in the method. However, note that if a warning is
suppressed in a module-info
file, the suppression applies
to elements within the file and not to types contained
within the module. Likewise, if a warning is suppressed in a
package-info
file, the suppression applies to elements
within the file and not to types contained within the
package.
Java compilers must recognize all the kinds of warnings defined in the Java Language Specification (JLS section 9.6.4.5) which include:
"unchecked"
.
"deprecation"
.
"removal"
.
"preview"
.
javac
reference implementation recognizes compilation-related warning
names documented in its --help-lint
output.This is a functional interface
whose functional method is apply(Object)
.
Unlike sets, lists typically allow duplicate elements. More formally,
lists typically allow pairs of elements e1
and e2
such that e1.equals(e2)
, and they typically allow multiple
null elements if they allow null elements at all. It is not inconceivable
that someone might wish to implement a list that prohibits duplicates, by
throwing runtime exceptions when the user attempts to insert them, but we
expect this usage to be rare.
The List
interface places additional stipulations, beyond those
specified in the Collection
interface, on the contracts of the
iterator
, add
, remove
, equals
, and
hashCode
methods. Declarations for other inherited methods are
also included here for convenience.
The List
interface provides four methods for positional (indexed)
access to list elements. Lists (like Java arrays) are zero based. Note
that these operations may execute in time proportional to the index value
for some implementations (the LinkedList
class, for
example). Thus, iterating over the elements in a list is typically
preferable to indexing through it if the caller does not know the
implementation.
The List
interface provides a special iterator, called a
ListIterator
, that allows element insertion and replacement, and
bidirectional access in addition to the normal operations that the
Iterator
interface provides. A method is provided to obtain a
list iterator that starts at a specified position in the list.
The List
interface provides two methods to search for a specified
object. From a performance standpoint, these methods should be used with
caution. In many implementations they will perform costly linear
searches.
The List
interface provides two methods to efficiently insert and
remove multiple elements at an arbitrary point in the list.
Note: While it is permissible for lists to contain themselves as elements,
extreme caution is advised: the equals
and hashCode
methods are no longer well defined on such a list.
Some list implementations have restrictions on the elements that
they may contain. For example, some implementations prohibit null elements,
and some have restrictions on the types of their elements. Attempting to
add an ineligible element throws an unchecked exception, typically
NullPointerException
or ClassCastException
. Attempting
to query the presence of an ineligible element may throw an exception,
or it may simply return false; some implementations will exhibit the former
behavior and some will exhibit the latter. More generally, attempting an
operation on an ineligible element whose completion would not result in
the insertion of an ineligible element into the list may throw an
exception or it may succeed, at the option of the implementation.
Such exceptions are marked as "optional" in the specification for this
interface.
The List.of
and
List.copyOf
static factory methods
provide a convenient way to create unmodifiable lists. The List
instances created by these methods have the following characteristics:
UnsupportedOperationException
to be thrown.
However, if the contained elements are themselves mutable,
this may cause the List's contents to appear to change.
null
elements. Attempts to create them with
null
elements result in NullPointerException
.
subList
views implement the
RandomAccess
interface.
This interface is a member of the Java Collections Framework.
The Function
functional interface serves as an , here.
The Function
functional interface serves as an , here.
The interface that specifies the behavior of a strategy in the Strategy design pattern.
The interface that specifies the behavior of a strategy in the Strategy design pattern.