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/**
* Copyright 2011 Laurence Gellert
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*/
class ImageFinder(object):
"""
In this example the base object ImageFinder keeps a copy
of the concrete class (strategy). You may also set
a default strategy to use which might be convienient.
In this case it is set to None which forces the caller
to supply a concrete class.
The concrete find method is supplied with an instance of
this object so its state can be tracked.
"""
def __init__(self, strategy=None):
self.action = None
self.count = 0
if strategy:
#get a handle to the object
self.action = strategy()
def find(self, image):
if(self.action):
self.count += 1
return self.action.find(image, self)
else:
raise UnboundLocalError('Exception raised, no strategyClass supplied to ImageFinder!')
class ImageFinderFlickr(object):
''' Locates images in Flickr. '''
def find(self, image, instance):
# in reality, query Flickr API for image path
return "Found image in Flickr: " + image + ", search #" + str(instance.count)
class ImageFinderDatabase(object):
''' Locates images in database. '''
def find(self, image, instance):
#in reality, query database for image path
return "Found image in database: " + image + ", search #" + str(instance.count)
if __name__ == "__main__" :
finderBase = ImageFinder()
#these next two look a little convuluted don't they?
#useage is a little more verbose in example 2 vs example 1
#however, benefits in include a default strategy type, and ability to track state
finderFlickr = ImageFinder(strategy=ImageFinderFlickr)
finderDatabase = ImageFinder(strategy=ImageFinderDatabase)
try:
#this is going to blow up!
print finderBase.find('chickens')
except Exception as e:
print "The following exception was expected:"
print e
print finderFlickr.find('chickens')
print finderFlickr.find('bugs bunny')
print finderFlickr.find('tweety')
print finderDatabase.find('dogs')
print finderDatabase.find('cats')
print finderDatabase.find('rabbits')
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