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Flyweight Design Pattern
Video Lecture
| Section | Video Links |
|---|---|
| Flyweight Pattern |   |
| Flyweight Use Case | |
Overview
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Flyweight UML Diagram
Source Code
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./src/flyweight/flyweight-concept.ts
// The Flyweight Concept
interface IFlyweight {
code: number
}
class Flyweight implements IFlyweight {
// The Concrete Flyweight
code: number
constructor(code: number) {
this.code = code
}
}
class FlyweightFactory {
// Creating the FlyweightFactory as a static class
static flyweights: { [id: number]: Flyweight } = {}
static getFlyweight(code: number): Flyweight {
// A static method to get a flyweight based on a code
if (!(code in FlyweightFactory.flyweights)) {
FlyweightFactory.flyweights[code] = new Flyweight(code)
}
return FlyweightFactory.flyweights[code]
}
static getCount(): number {
// Return the number of flyweights in the cache
return Object.keys(FlyweightFactory.flyweights).length
}
}
class AppContext {
// An example context that holds references to the flyweights in a
// particular order and converts the code to an ascii letter
private codes: number[] = []
constructor(codes: string) {
for (let i = 0; i < codes.length; i++) {
this.codes.push(codes.charCodeAt(i))
}
}
output() {
// The context specific output that uses flyweights
let ret = ''
this.codes.forEach((c) => {
ret =
ret +
String.fromCharCode(FlyweightFactory.getFlyweight(c).code)
})
return ret
}
}
// The Client
const APP_CONTEXT = new AppContext('abracadabra')
// use flyweights in a context
console.log(APP_CONTEXT.output())
console.log(`abracadabra has ${'abracadabra'.length} letters`)
console.log(
`FlyweightFactory has ${FlyweightFactory.getCount()} flyweights`
)
Output
node ./dist/flyweight/flyweight-concept.js
abracadabra
abracadabra has 11 letters
FlyweightFactory has 5 flyweights
Flyweight Use Case
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Example UML Diagram
Source Code
./src/flyweight/client.ts
// The Flyweight Use Case Example
import Table from './table'
import FlyweightFactory from './flyweight-factory'
const TABLE = new Table(3, 3)
TABLE.rows[0].columns[0].data = 'abra'
TABLE.rows[0].columns[1].data = '112233'
TABLE.rows[0].columns[2].data = 'cadabra'
TABLE.rows[1].columns[0].data = 'racadab'
TABLE.rows[1].columns[1].data = '12345'
TABLE.rows[1].columns[2].data = '332211'
TABLE.rows[2].columns[0].data = 'cadabra'
TABLE.rows[2].columns[1].data = '445566'
TABLE.rows[2].columns[2].data = 'aa 22 bb'
TABLE.rows[0].columns[0].justify = 1
TABLE.rows[1].columns[0].justify = 1
TABLE.rows[2].columns[0].justify = 1
TABLE.rows[0].columns[2].justify = 2
TABLE.rows[1].columns[2].justify = 2
TABLE.rows[2].columns[2].justify = 2
TABLE.rows[0].columns[1].width = 15
TABLE.rows[1].columns[1].width = 15
TABLE.rows[2].columns[1].width = 15
TABLE.draw()
console.log(
`FlyweightFactory has ${FlyweightFactory.getCount()} flyweights`
)
./src/flyweight/flyweight.ts
export default class Flyweight {
// The Concrete Flyweight
code: number
constructor(code: number) {
this.code = code
}
}
./src/flyweight/flyweight-factory.ts
import Flyweight from './flyweight'
export default class FlyweightFactory {
// Creating the FlyweightFactory as a static class
static flyweights: { [id: number]: Flyweight } = {}
static getFlyweight(code: number): Flyweight {
// A static method to get a flyweight based on a code
if (!(code in FlyweightFactory.flyweights)) {
FlyweightFactory.flyweights[code] = new Flyweight(code)
}
return FlyweightFactory.flyweights[code]
}
static getCount(): number {
// Return the number of flyweights in the cache
return Object.keys(FlyweightFactory.flyweights).length
}
}
./src/flyweight/column.ts
// A Column that is used in a Row
import FlyweightFactory from './flyweight-factory'
export default class Column {
// The columns are the contexts.
// They will share the Flyweights via the FlyweightsFactory.
// `data`, `width` and `justify` are extrinsic values. They are outside
// of the flyweights.
data = ''
width = 10
justify = 0
getData(): string {
// Get the flyweight value from the factory, and apply the extrinsic values
const codes = []
for (let i = 0; i < this.data.length; i++) {
codes.push(this.data.charCodeAt(i))
}
let ret = ''
Array.from(codes).forEach((c) => {
ret =
ret +
String.fromCharCode(FlyweightFactory.getFlyweight(c).code)
})
switch (this.justify) {
case 1:
ret = this.leftAlign(this.width, ret, ' ')
break
case 2:
ret = this.rightAlign(this.width, ret, ' ')
break
default:
ret = this.center(this.width, ret, ' ')
}
return ret
}
center(width: number, string: string, padding: string): string {
return width <= string.length
? string
: this.centerAlternate(width, padding + string, padding)
}
centerAlternate(
width: number,
string: string,
padding: string
): string {
return width <= string.length
? string
: this.center(width, string + padding, padding)
}
leftAlign(width: number, string: string, padding: string): string {
return width <= string.length
? string
: this.leftAlign(width, string + padding, padding)
}
rightAlign(width: number, string: string, padding: string): string {
return width <= string.length
? string
: this.rightAlign(width, padding + string, padding)
}
}
./src/flyweight/row.ts
// A Row in the Table
import Column from './column'
export default class Row {
columns: Column[]
constructor(column_count: number) {
this.columns = []
for (let i = 0; i < column_count; i++) {
this.columns.push(new Column())
}
}
getData(): string {
// Format the row before returning it to the table
let ret = ''
this.columns.forEach((column) => {
ret = `${ret}${column.getData()}|`
})
return ret
}
}
./src/flyweight/table.ts
// A Formatted Table
import Row from './row'
export default class Table {
rows: Row[]
constructor(row_count: number, column_count: number) {
this.rows = []
for (let i = 0; i < row_count; i++) {
this.rows.push(new Row(column_count))
}
}
draw(): void {
// Draws the table formatted in the console
let maxRowLength = 0
const rows: string[] = []
this.rows.forEach((row) => {
const rowData = row.getData()
rows.push(`|${rowData}`)
const rowLength = rowData.length + 1
if (maxRowLength < rowLength) {
maxRowLength = rowLength
}
})
console.log('-'.repeat(maxRowLength))
rows.forEach((row) => {
console.log(row)
})
console.log('-'.repeat(maxRowLength))
}
}
Output
node ./dist/flyweight/client.js
---------------------------------------
|abra | 112233 | cadabra|
|racadab | 12345 | 332211|
|cadabra | 445566 | aa 22 bb|
---------------------------------------
FlyweightFactory has 12 flyweights
Summary
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