Suppose I already have 2 classes in my code:
class SomeOrder {
String getOrderId() { return orderId; }
}
class AnotherOrder {
String getOrderId() { return orderId; }
}
How to create an interface around both these classes which is:
interface Order {
String getOrderId();
}
Ideally, I would modify the code so that SomOrder implements Order
and AnotherOrder implements Order
but the catch here is that they belong in a package that I cannot control or edit (i.e. they come from an external jar).
My algorithm currently looks like this:
void sorter(List<SomeOrder> orders) {
... <custom sort logic> ...
someOrder.getOrderId();
}
void sorter(List<AnotherOrder> orders) {
... <custom sort logic> ...
someOrder.getOrderId();
}
With a single interface I can write:
void sorter(List<Order> orders) {
... <custom sort logic> ...
order.getOrderId();
}
You can use adapter classes:
class SomeOrderAdapter implements Order {
private SomeOrder delegate;
@Override
public String getOrderId() {
return delegate.getOrderId();
}
}
and similar for AnotherOrder
.
Since your interface is a functional interface, you could define functions that map to this new Order
interface my referencing the getOrderId
method for each different class:
private Order wrap(SomeOrder obj) {
return obj::getOrderId;
}
private Order wrap(AnotherOrder obj) {
return obj::getOrderId;
}
An example calling it:
private void test() {
List<Order> orders = Arrays.asList(
wrap(new SomeOrder()),
wrap(new AnotherOrder())
);
sorter(orders);
}
Create a Proxy
wrapped around the instances implementing the interface you need. The proxy just calls the instance's method with the same parameters.
public class Proxied<T> implements InvocationHandler {
private final T wrapped;
public Proxied(T wrapped) {
this.wrapped = Objects.requireNonNull(wrapped);
}
public T getWrapped() {
return wrapped;
}
public <I> Class<I> proxy(Class<I> interfaceClass) {
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
Class<I> proxyClass = (Class<I>) Proxy.getProxyClass(getClass().getClassLoader(), interfaceClass);
return proxyClass;
}
@Override
public Object invoke(Object proxy, Method method, Object[] args) throws Throwable {
return method.invoke(wrapped, args);
}
}