Composite in C#
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Watch Composite's video tutorialComposes objects into tree structures to represent part-whole hierarchies. Composite lets clients treat individual objects and compositions of objects uniformly.
This structural code demonstrates the Composite pattern which allows the creation of a tree structure in which individual nodes are accessed uniformly whether they are leaf nodes or branch (composite) nodes.
using System;
using System.Collections;
class MainApp
{
static void Main()
{
// Create a tree structure
Composite root = new Composite("root");
root.Add(new Leaf("Leaf A"));
root.Add(new Leaf("Leaf B"));
Composite comp = new Composite("Composite X");
comp.Add(new Leaf("Leaf XA"));
comp.Add(new Leaf("Leaf XB"));
root.Add(comp);
root.Add(new Leaf("Leaf C"));
// Add and remove a leaf
Leaf leaf = new Leaf("Leaf D");
root.Add(leaf);
root.Remove(leaf);
// Recursively display tree
root.Display(1);
// Wait for user
Console.Read();
}
}
// "Component"
abstract class Component
{
protected string name;
// Constructor
public Component(string name)
{
this.name = name;
}
public abstract void Add(Component c);
public abstract void Remove(Component c);
public abstract void Display(int depth);
}
// "Composite"
class Composite : Component
{
private ArrayList children = new ArrayList();
// Constructor
public Composite(string name) : base(name)
{
}
public override void Add(Component component)
{
children.Add(component);
}
public override void Remove(Component component)
{
children.Remove(component);
}
public override void Display(int depth)
{
Console.WriteLine(new String('-', depth) + name);
// Recursively display child nodes
foreach (Component component in children)
{
component.Display(depth + 2);
}
}
}
// "Leaf"
class Leaf : Component
{
// Constructor
public Leaf(string name) : base(name)
{
}
public override void Add(Component c)
{
Console.WriteLine("Cannot add to a leaf");
}
public override void Remove(Component c)
{
Console.WriteLine("Cannot remove from a leaf");
}
public override void Display(int depth)
{
Console.WriteLine(new String('-', depth) + name);
}
}
-root
---Leaf A
---Leaf B
---Composite X
-----Leaf XA
-----Leaf XB
---Leaf C
