I'm working on android with Java and I'm implementing the Model-View-Presenter architecture. There are two types of games the player can play:
- Game A
- Game B
Both games are really similar but with each their respective .class documents and (e.g. GameA.class and a GameB.class).
In both cases, their respective presenters are the same, with the only thing changing being the instantiation & declaration of the model class. For example:
GameAPresenter.class:
class GameAPresenter{
private GameA game;
// other stuff here that happens in both presenters
GameAPresenter(int par1, int par2){
this.game = new GameA(par1, par2);
//other stuff here that happens in both presenters
}
}
GameBPresenter.class:
class GameBPresenter{
private GameB game;
// other stuff here that happens in both presenters
GameBPresenter(int par1, int par2){
this.game = new GameB(par1, par2);
//other stuff here that happens in both presenters
}
}
Is there any way I can cleanly avoid having duplicate code, simulated by the single-line comments? Bonus if I can make both models share the one presenter.
You are gonna want to create a generic Game class that GameA and GameB can then both inherit from.
Same can go with the GamePresenter, create a generic one that GamePresenterA and GamePresenterB can inherit from. Also you can give the GamePresenter a Game everytime you create a new instance of it or call a certain method. That way there can be a single GamePresenter and it can take whatever Game to present it.