effective java-tagged class to hierarchy class

继承：

当我们设计的类中有tagged field时，建议拆分成继承结构，effective java中有如下这个例子

// Tagged class - vastly inferior to a class hierarchy!
class Figure {
enum Shape { RECTANGLE, CIRCLE };
// Tag field - the shape of this figure
final Shape shape;
// These fields are used only if shape is RECTANGLE
double length;
double width;
// This field is used only if shape is CIRCLE
double radius;
// Constructor for circle
Figure(double radius) {
shape = Shape.CIRCLE;
this.radius = radius;
}
// Constructor for rectangle
Figure(double length, double width) {
shape = Shape.RECTANGLE;
this.length = length;
this.width = width;
}
double area() {
switch(shape) {
case RECTANGLE:
return length * width;
case CIRCLE:
return Math.PI * (radius * radius);
default:
throw new AssertionError();
}
}
}

拆分成：

// Class hierarchy replacement for a tagged class
abstract class Figure {
abstract double area();
}
class Circle extends Figure {
final double radius;
Circle(double radius) { this.radius = radius; }
double area() { return Math.PI * (radius * radius); }
}

class Rectangle extends Figure {
final double length;
final double width;
Rectangle(double length, double width) {
this.length = length;
this.width = width;
}
double area() { return length * width; }
}

优点
In short,tagged classes are verbose,error-prone,and inefficient.

The class hierarchy corrects every shortcoming of tagged classes noted previously.The code is simple and clear,containing none of the boilerplate found in the original.