public static void Run()
{
Console.Clear();
// Create a person state machine instance, and return it, set in some start state :
var joe = new Person().Start(Status.Unborn);
bool done;
// Holds iff the chosen start state isn't a final state :
System.Diagnostics.Debug.Assert(joe != null, "The chosen start state is a final state!");
// Trigger state transitions with or without the (optional) DateTime argument :
done =
(
joe.
MoveNext("born", new DateTime(1963, 2, 1)). // equivalent to : joe.MoveNext("Birth", ...)
MoveNext("graduate", new DateTime(1980, 6, 5)).
MoveNext("work", new DateTime(1981, 7, 6)).
MoveNext("Lay off", new DateTime(1982, 8, 7)). // equivalent to : joe.MoveNext("laid off", ...)
MoveNext("work", new DateTime(1983, 9, 8)).
MoveNext("retire") // MoveNext(...) returns null iff joe.IsFinal == true
== null
);
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("Is Joe's state '{0}' a final state? {1}", joe.Value, done);
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("Press any key...");
Console.ReadKey();
}