Given the following interface...
type Person struct {
name, gender string
}
type Citizen interface {
Create(name string) Citizen
GetName() string
GetGender() String
SayHello() String
}
... and the following Male
and Female
implementations:
type Male Person
func (m *Male) Create(name) Citizen {
return &Person{name, "male"}
}
func (m *Male) GetName() string {
return m.name
}
func (m *Male) GetGender() string {
return m.gender
}
func (m *Male) SayHello() string {
return "Hello (male voice)"
}
type Female Person
func (f *Female) Create(name) Citizen {
return &Person{name, "female"}
}
func (f *Female) GetName() string {
return f.name
}
func (f *Female) GetGender() string {
return f.gender
}
func (m *Female) SayHello() string {
return "Hello (female voice)"
}
func main() {
var p1 Person = &Male{}
var p2 Person = &Female{}
p1 = p1.Create("Joe")
p2 = p2.Create("Heidi")
log.Printf("%s is a %s",p1.GetName(), p1.GetGender())
log.Printf("%s says %s",p1.GetName(), p1.SayHello())
log.Printf("%s is a %s",p2.GetName(), p2.GetGender())
log.Printf("%s says %s",p2.GetName(), p2.SayHello())
}
As only Create
is gender-specific, is there a way to let Male
and Female
inherit a common implementation of methods GetName
and GetGender
?