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Public Class Ball

'A private list of observers

Private observers As new System.Collections.ArrayList

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Public Sub AttachObserver(ByVal obj As IObserver)

observers.Add(obj)
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Public Sub DetachObserver(ByVal obj As IObserver)

observers.Remove(obj)
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Return myPosition
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Private myName As String

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Private ball As FootBall

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ballPosition = ball.GetBallPosition()
System.Console.WriteLine("Player {0} say that the ball is at {1},{2},{3} ", _
myName, ballPosition.X, ballPosition.Y, ballPosition.Z)
End Sub

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'A variable to store the name of the referee

Private myName As String

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Public Overrides Sub Update()

ballPosition = ball.GetBallPosition()
System.Console.WriteLine("Referee {0} say that the ball is at {1},{2},{3} ", _
myName, ballPosition.X, ballPosition.Y, ballPosition.Z)
End Sub

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myName = refereeName
ball = b
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Public X As Integer
Public Y As Integer
Public Z As Integer

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Public Class GameEngine

Public Shared Sub Main()

'Create our ball (i.e, the ConcreteSubject)

Dim ball As New FootBall()

'Create few players (i.e, ConcreteObservers)

Dim Owen As New Player(ball, "Owen")

Dim Ronaldo As New Player(ball, "Ronaldo")
Dim Rivaldo As New Player(ball, "Rivaldo")
'Create few referees (i.e, ConcreteObservers)

Dim Mike As New Referee(ball, "Mike")

Dim John As New Referee(ball, "John")

'Attach the observers with the ball

ball.AttachObserver(Owen)
ball.AttachObserver(Ronaldo)
ball.AttachObserver(Rivaldo)
ball.AttachObserver(Mike)
ball.AttachObserver(John)

System.Console.WriteLine("After attaching the observers...")

'Update the position of the ball.

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ball.SetBallPosition(New Position())

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System.Console.WriteLine()

'Remove some observers

ball.DetachObserver(Owen)
ball.DetachObserver(John)

System.Console.WriteLine("After detaching Owen and John...")

'Updating the position of ball again

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ball.SetBallPosition(New Position(10, 10, 30))

'Press any key to continue..

System.Console.Read()

End Sub

End Class

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'Algorithm to attack
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'Algorithm to defend
System.Console.WriteLine(" Playing in defensive mode")
End Sub

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'Just a variable to keep the name of team

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'A reference to the strategy algorithm to use

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Public Sub SetStrategy(ByVal s As TeamStrategy)
'Set the strategy
strategy = s
End Sub

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Public Sub PlayGame()
'Print the team's name
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strategy.Play()
End Sub

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Public Class GameEngine

Public Shared Sub Main()

'Let us create a team and set its strategy,

'and make the teams play the game

'Create few strategies

Dim attack As New AttackStrategy()
Dim defend As New DefendStrategy()

'Create our teams

Dim france As New Team("France")
Dim italy As New Team("Italy")

System.Console.WriteLine("Setting the strategies..")

'Now let us set the strategies

france.SetStrategy(attack)
italy.SetStrategy(defend)

'Make the teams start the play

france.PlayGame()
italy.PlayGame()

System.Console.WriteLine()
System.Console.WriteLine("Changing the strategies..")

'Let us change the strategies

france.SetStrategy(defend)
italy.SetStrategy(attack)

'Make them play again

france.PlayGame()
italy.PlayGame()

'Wait for a key press

System.Console.Read()

End Sub

End Class

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'This is a concrete component. Later, we will add additional responsibilities

'like Forward, Defender etc to a field player.

Public Class FieldPlayer

Inherits Player

'Operation: Overrides PassBall operation

Public Overrides Sub PassBall ()
System.Console.WriteLine(" Fieldplayer ({0}) - passed the ball", _
MyBase.Name)
End Sub

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Public Sub New(ByVal playerName As String)
MyBase.Name = playerName
End Sub

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'This is a concrete component. Later, we can add additional responsibilities

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Public Class GoalKeeper

Inherits Player

'Operation: Overriding the base class operation

Public Overrides Sub PassBall ()
System.Console.WriteLine(" GoalKeeper ({0}) - passed the ball", MyBase.Name)
End Sub

'A constructor to accept the name of the player

Public Sub New(ByVal playerName As String)
MyBase.Name = playerName
End Sub

End Class ' END CLASS DEFINITION GoalKeeper

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Inherits player

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Public Overrides Sub PassBall()
player.PassBall()
End Sub

'This function is used to assign a player to this role

Public Sub AssignPlayer(ByVal p As player)
'Keep a reference to the player, to whom this
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player = p
End Sub

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Public Class Forward

Inherits PlayerRole
'Added Behavior: This is a responsibility exclusively for the Forward
Public Sub ShootGoal()
System.Console.WriteLine(" Forward ({0}) - Shooted the ball to goalpost", _
MyBase.player.Name)

End Sub

End Class ' END CLASS DEFINITION Forward

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'ConcreteDecorator: MidFielder class is a Concrete implementation

'of the PlayerRole (Decorator) class

Public Class MidFielder

Inherits PlayerRole

'AddedBehavior: This is a responsibility exclusively for the Midfielder

'(Don't ask me whether only mid filders can dribble the ball - atleast
'it is so in our engine)

Public Sub Dribble()

System.Console.WriteLine(" Midfielder ({0}) - dribbled the ball", _
MyBase.player.Name)
End Sub

End Class ' END CLASS DEFINITION Midfielder

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'ConcreteDecorator: Defender class is a Concrete implementation

'of the PlayerRole (Decorator) class

Public Class Defender

Inherits PlayerRole

'Added Behavior: This is a responsibility exclusively for the Defender

Public Sub Defend()
System.Console.WriteLine(" Defender ({0}) - defended the ball", _
MyBase.player.Name)
End Sub

End Class ' END CLASS DEFINITION Defender

'Let us put it together

Public Class GameEngine

Public Shared Sub Main()

'-- Step 1:
'Create few players (concrete components)
'Create few field Players
Dim owen As New FieldPlayer("Owen")
Dim beck As New FieldPlayer("Beckham")

'Create a goal keeper

Dim khan As New GoalKeeper("Khan")

'-- Step 2:
'Just make them pass the ball
'(during a warm up session ;))

System.Console.WriteLine()
System.Console.WriteLine(" > Warm up Session... ")

owen.PassBall()
beck.PassBall()
khan.PassBall()

'-- Step 3: Create and assign the responsibilities

'(when the match starts)

System.Console.WriteLine()
System.Console.WriteLine(" > Match is starting.. ")

'Set owen as our first forward

Dim forward1 As New Forward()
forward1.AssignPlayer(owen)

'Set Beckham as our midfielder

Dim midfielder1 As New MidFielder()
midfielder1.AssignPlayer(beck)

'Now, use these players to do actions

'specific to their roles

'Owen can pass the ball

forward1.PassBall()
'And owen can shoot as well
forward1.ShootGoal()

'Beckham can pass ball

midfielder1.PassBall()
'Beckham can dribble too
midfielder1.Dribble()

' [ Arrange the above operations to some meaningfull sequence, like

' "Beckham dribbled and passed the ball to owen and owen shooted the
' goal ;) - just for some fun ]"

'-- Step 4: Now, changing responsibilities

'(during a substitution)

'Assume that owen got injured, and we need a new player

'to play as our forward1

System.Console.WriteLine()
System.Console.WriteLine(" > OOps, Owen got injured. " & _
"Jerrard replaced Owen.. ")

'Create a new player

Dim jerrard As New FieldPlayer("Jerrard")
'Ask Jerrard to play in position of owen
forward1.AssignPlayer(jerrard)
forward1.ShootGoal()

'-- Step 5: Adding multiple responsibilities

'(When a player need to handle multiple roles)

'We already have Beckham as our midfielder.

'Let us ask him to play as an additional forward

Dim onemoreForward As New Forward()

onemoreForward.AssignPlayer(beck)

System.Console.WriteLine()
System.Console.WriteLine(" > Beckham has multiple responsibilities.. ")

'Now Beckham can shoot

onemoreForward.ShootGoal()
'And use his earlier responsibility to dribble too
midfielder1.Dribble()

'According to our design, you can attach the responsibility of

'a forward to a goal keeper too, but when you actually
'play football, remember that it is dangerous ;)

'Wait for key press

System.Console.Read()

End Sub

End Class

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