More Examples of Creating Command Objects with PHP 5 - Creating two more command classes (
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As I stated in the previous section, I'd like to extend the initial example by creating two additional command classes. These classes will control programmatically by different methods the way that elements of a specified array are displayed. Keeping in mind this condition, in the following code sample I defined the "ArrayToLowerCommand" and "ArrayToReverse" classes respectively, which not surprisingly will turn into upper cased strings all the elements of an input array, in addition to reversing these elements as well.
Please, take a look at the respective signatures for these new pair of classes:
// define concrete 'ArrayToLowerCommand' class (implements concretely
the 'executeCommand()' method
class ArrayToLowerCommand extends ArrayCommand{
public function executeCommand(){
$this->arrayCommanded->setLowercasedArray();
}
}
// define concrete 'ArrayToReverseCommand' class (implements concretely
the 'executeCommand()' method
class ArrayToReverseCommand extends ArrayCommand{
public function executeCommand(){
$this->arrayCommanded->setReversedArray();
}
}
In this case, the two new command classes listed above present signatures that are nearly identical to the previously defined "ArrayToUpperCommand" class. Of course, the only small difference rests on the definition of their respective "executeCommand()" methods, which perform distinct tasks, even when they're called the same.
Also, it's important to stress a relevant point with reference to all the command classes: notice how they use an instance of the commanded object to perform well-differentiated processes, but in all the cases, the corresponding methods encapsulate the complete logic for doing their business only into the mentioned commanders. Are you starting to see how this pattern works now? I bet you are.
Okay, at this stage you hopefully understand the principle that stands behind creating all these array command classes, but... what about defining the respective array commanded object?
Fortunately for you and me, the creation of commanded objects is indeed a no-brainer process that can be done with minor hassles, something that I'm going to show you in the next few lines. Therefore, if you're curious about how these types of objects will be defined, please click on the link below and keep reading.
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