// Multiple dispatch or multimethods is the feature of some object-oriented programming languages in which a function or method can be dynamically dispatched based on the run time (dynamic) type of more than one of its arguments." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_dispatch
public static void Start()
{
Console.WriteLine("\nMultipleDispatchNotWorking\n");
SpaceShip ship = new SpaceShip()
{
Name = "enterprise"
};
IObjectInSpace a = new Planet()
{
Gravity = 1
};
IObjectInSpace b = new Planet()
{
Gravity = 5
};
IObjectInSpace c = new Asteroid()
{
Metal = 3
};
IObjectInSpace d = new Asteroid()
{
Metal = 2
};
// The following doesn't work because C# doesn't do automatic dynamic dispathing
Console.WriteLine(ship.DescribeInteraction(a));
Console.WriteLine(ship.DescribeInteraction(b));
Console.WriteLine(ship.DescribeInteraction(c));
Console.WriteLine(ship.DescribeInteraction(d));
}
// Multiple dispatch or multimethods is the feature of some object-oriented programming languages in which a function or method can be dynamically dispatched based on the run time (dynamic) type of more than one of its arguments." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_dispatch
public static void Start()
{
Console.WriteLine("\nMultipleDispatchNotWorking\n");
SpaceShip ship = new SpaceShip() { Name = "enterprise" };
IObjectInSpace a = new Planet() { Gravity = 1 };
IObjectInSpace b = new Planet() { Gravity = 5 };
IObjectInSpace c = new Asteroid() { Metal = 3 };
IObjectInSpace d = new Asteroid() { Metal = 2 };
// The following doesn't work because C# doesn't do automatic dynamic dispathing
Console.WriteLine(ship.DescribeInteraction(a));
Console.WriteLine(ship.DescribeInteraction(b));
Console.WriteLine(ship.DescribeInteraction(c));
Console.WriteLine(ship.DescribeInteraction(d));
}