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🎢 Interpreter Pattern

Interpreter Pattern


The interpreter pattern is used to evaluate sentences in a language.

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Example

protocol IntegerExpression {
    func evaluate(_ context: IntegerContext) -> Int
    func replace(character: Character, integerExpression: IntegerExpression) -> IntegerExpression
    func copied() -> IntegerExpression
}

final class IntegerContext {
    private var data: [Character:Int] = [:]

    func lookup(name: Character) -> Int {
        return self.data[name]!
    }

    func assign(expression: IntegerVariableExpression, value: Int) {
        self.data[expression.name] = value
    }
}

final class IntegerVariableExpression: IntegerExpression {
    let name: Character

    init(name: Character) {
        self.name = name
    }

    func evaluate(_ context: IntegerContext) -> Int {
        return context.lookup(name: self.name)
    }

    func replace(character name: Character, integerExpression: IntegerExpression) -> IntegerExpression {
        if name == self.name {
            return integerExpression.copied()
        } else {
            return IntegerVariableExpression(name: self.name)
        }
    }

    func copied() -> IntegerExpression {
        return IntegerVariableExpression(name: self.name)
    }
}

final class AddExpression: IntegerExpression {
    private var operand1: IntegerExpression
    private var operand2: IntegerExpression

    init(op1: IntegerExpression, op2: IntegerExpression) {
        self.operand1 = op1
        self.operand2 = op2
    }

    func evaluate(_ context: IntegerContext) -> Int {
        return self.operand1.evaluate(context) + self.operand2.evaluate(context)
    }

    func replace(character: Character, integerExpression: IntegerExpression) -> IntegerExpression {
        return AddExpression(op1: operand1.replace(character: character, integerExpression: integerExpression),
                             op2: operand2.replace(character: character, integerExpression: integerExpression))
    }

    func copied() -> IntegerExpression {
        return AddExpression(op1: self.operand1, op2: self.operand2)
    }
}
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Usage

var context = IntegerContext()

var a = IntegerVariableExpression(name: "A")
var b = IntegerVariableExpression(name: "B")
var c = IntegerVariableExpression(name: "C")

var expression = AddExpression(op1: a, op2: AddExpression(op1: b, op2: c)) // a + (b + c)

context.assign(expression: a, value: 2)
context.assign(expression: b, value: 1)
context.assign(expression: c, value: 3)

var result = expression.evaluate(context)
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Sources: Github

Behavioral
In software engineering, behavioral design patterns are design patterns that identify common communication patterns between objects and realize these patterns. By doing so, these patterns increase flexibility in carrying out this communication.
Source: wikipedia.org


🐝 Chain Of Responsibility
πŸ‘« Command Pattern
🎢 Interpreter Pattern
🍫 Iterator Pattern
πŸ’ Mediator Pattern
πŸ’Ύ Memento Pattern
πŸ‘“ Observer Pattern
πŸ‰ State Pattern
πŸ’‘ Strategy Pattern
πŸ“ Template Method
πŸƒ Visitor Pattern
🌰 Abstract Factory
πŸ‘· Builder Pattern
🏭 Factory Method
πŸ”‚ Monostate Pattern
πŸƒ Prototype Pattern
πŸ’ Singleton
πŸ”Œ Adapter Pattern
πŸŒ‰ Bridge Pattern
🌿 Composite Pattern
🍧 Decorator Pattern
🎁 Facade Pattern
πŸƒ Flyweight Pattern
β˜” Protection Proxy
🍬 Virtual Proxy


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