How can polymorphism replace an if-else statement or Switch inside of a loop? In particular can it always replace an if-else? Most of the if-thens I use inside of loops are arithmetic comparisons. This question is spawned from this question.
int x;
int y;
int z;
while (x > y)
{
if (x < z)
{
x = z;
}
}
How would this work with polymorphism?
NOTE: I wrote this in Java but am interested in this for any OOL.
解决方案
Polymorphism usually replaces switch statements when each case corresponds to a different type. So instead of having:
public class Operator
{
string operation;
public int Execute(int x, int y)
{
switch(operation)
{
case "Add":
return x + y;
case "Subtract":
return x - y;
case "Multiply":
return x * y;
case "Divide":
return x / y;
default:
throw new InvalidOperationException("Unsupported operation");
}
}
}
you'd have:
public abstract class Operator
{
public abstract int Execute(int x, int y);
}
public class Add : Operator
{
public override int Execute(int x, int y)
{
return x + y;
}
}
// etc
However, for the comparison type of decision you provided, polymorphism really doesn't help.