""" *What is this pattern about? The Adapter pattern provides a different interface for a class. We can think about it as a cable adapter that allows you to charge a phone somewhere that has outlets in a different shape. Following this idea, the Adapter pattern is useful to integrate classes that couldn't be integrated due to their incompatible interfaces. *What does this example do? The example has classes that represent entities (Dog, Cat, Human, Car) that make different noises. The Adapter class provides a different interface to the original methods that make such noises. So the original interfaces (e.g., bark and meow) are available under a different name: make_noise. *Where is the pattern used practically? The Grok framework uses adapters to make objects work with a particular API without modifying the objects themselves: http://grok.zope.org/doc/current/grok_overview.html#adapters *References: http://ginstrom.com/scribbles/2008/11/06/generic-adapter-class-in-python/ https://sourcemaking.com/design_patterns/adapter http://python-3-patterns-idioms-test.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ChangeInterface.html#adapter *TL;DR Allows the interface of an existing class to be used as another interface. """ from typing import Callable, TypeVar T = TypeVar("T") class Dog: def __init__(self) -> None: self.name = "Dog" def bark(self) -> str: return "woof!" class Cat: def __init__(self) -> None: self.name = "Cat" def meow(self) -> str: return "meow!" class Human: def __init__(self) -> None: self.name = "Human" def speak(self) -> str: return "'hello'" class Car: def __init__(self) -> None: self.name = "Car" def make_noise(self, octane_level: int) -> str: return f"vroom{'!' * octane_level}" class Adapter: """Adapts an object by replacing methods. Usage ------ dog = Dog() dog = Adapter(dog, make_noise=dog.bark) """ def __init__(self, obj: T, **adapted_methods: Callable): """We set the adapted methods in the object's dict.""" self.obj = obj self.__dict__.update(adapted_methods) def __getattr__(self, attr): """All non-adapted calls are passed to the object.""" return getattr(self.obj, attr) def original_dict(self): """Print original object dict.""" return self.obj.__dict__ def main(): """ >>> objects = [] >>> dog = Dog() >>> print(dog.__dict__) {'name': 'Dog'} >>> objects.append(Adapter(dog, make_noise=dog.bark)) >>> objects[0].__dict__['obj'], objects[0].__dict__['make_noise'] (<...Dog object at 0x...>, >) >>> print(objects[0].original_dict()) {'name': 'Dog'} >>> cat = Cat() >>> objects.append(Adapter(cat, make_noise=cat.meow)) >>> human = Human() >>> objects.append(Adapter(human, make_noise=human.speak)) >>> car = Car() >>> objects.append(Adapter(car, make_noise=lambda: car.make_noise(3))) >>> for obj in objects: ... print("A {0} goes {1}".format(obj.name, obj.make_noise())) A Dog goes woof! A Cat goes meow! A Human goes 'hello' A Car goes vroom!!! """ if __name__ == "__main__": import doctest doctest.testmod(optionflags=doctest.ELLIPSIS)