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Visitor design pattern

1. Add an accept(Visitor) method to the "element"
hierarchy
2. Create a "visitor" base class w/ a visit() method for
every "element" type
3. Create a "visitor" derived class for each "operation" to
do on "elements"
4. Client creates "visitor" objects and passes each to
accept() calls

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interface Element { Java

// 1. accept(Visitor) interface
public void accept( Visitor v ); // first dispatch
}

class This implements Element {

// 1. accept(Visitor) implementation
public void accept( Visitor v ) {
v.visit( this );
}
public String thiss() {
return "This";
}
}

class That implements Element {

public void accept( Visitor v ) {
v.visit( this );
}
public String that() {
return "That";
}
}

class TheOther implements Element {

public void accept( Visitor v ) {
v.visit( this );
}
public String theOther() {
return "TheOther";
}
}

// 2. Create a "visitor" base class with a visit() method for every "eleme
interface Visitor {
public void visit( This e ); // second dispatch
public void visit( That e );
public void visit( TheOther e );
}

// 3. Create a "visitor" derived class for each "operation" to perform on

class UpVisitor implements Visitor {
public void visit( This e ) {
System.out.println( "do Up on " + e.thiss() );
}
public void visit( That e ) {
System.out.println( "do Up on " + e.that() );
}
public void visit( TheOther e ) {
System.out.println( "do Up on " + e.theOther() );
}
}

class DownVisitor implements Visitor {

public void visit( This e ) {
System.out.println( "do Down on " + e.thiss() );
}
public void visit( That e ) {
System.out.println( "do Down on " + e.that() );

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}
public void visit( TheOther e ) {
System.out.println( "do Down on " + e.theOther() );
}
}

class VisitorDemo {
public static Element[] list = { new This(), new That()

// 4. Client creates "visitor" objects and passes each to accept() call

public static void main( String[] args ) {
UpVisitor up = new UpVisitor();
DownVisitor down = new DownVisitor();
for (int i=0; i < list.length; i++) {
list[i].accept( up );
}
for (int i=0; i < list.length; i++) {
list[i].accept( down );
}
}
}

do Up on This do Down on This Output

do Up on That do Down on That
do Up on TheOther do Down on TheOther

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