Abstracting usage

class TrashSorter extends Vector {
  void sort(Trash t) { /* ... */ }
}

//: RecycleB.java
// Adding more objects to the recycling problem
package c16.recycleb;
import c16.trash.*;
import java.util.*;
 
// A vector that admits only the right type:
class Tbin extends Vector {
  Class binType;
  Tbin(Class binType) { 
    this.binType = binType; 
  }
  boolean grab(Trash t) {
    // Comparing class types:
    if(t.getClass().equals(binType)) {
      addElement(t);
      return true; // Object grabbed
    }
    return false; // Object not grabbed
  }
}
 
class TbinList extends Vector { //(*1*)
  boolean sort(Trash t) {
    Enumeration e = elements();
    while(e.hasMoreElements()) {
      Tbin bin = (Tbin)e.nextElement();
      if(bin.grab(t)) return true;
    }
    return false; // bin not found for t
  }
  void sortBin(Tbin bin) { // (*2*)
    Enumeration e = bin.elements();
    while(e.hasMoreElements())
      if(!sort((Trash)e.nextElement()))
        System.out.println("Bin not found");
  }
}
 
public class RecycleB {
  static Tbin bin = new Tbin(Trash.class);
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    // Fill up the Trash bin:
    ParseTrash.fillBin("Trash.dat", bin);
 
    TbinList trashBins = new TbinList();
    trashBins.addElement(
      new Tbin(Aluminum.class));
    trashBins.addElement(
      new Tbin(Paper.class));
    trashBins.addElement(
      new Tbin(Glass.class));
    // add one line here: (*3*)
    trashBins.addElement(
      new Tbin(Cardboard.class));
 
    trashBins.sortBin(bin); // (*4*)
 
    Enumeration e = trashBins.elements();
    while(e.hasMoreElements()) {
      Tbin b = (Tbin)e.nextElement();
      Trash.sumValue(b);
    }
    Trash.sumValue(bin);
  }
} ///:~ 

1. TbinList holds a set of Tbin handles, so that sort( ) can iterate through the Tbins when it’s looking for a match for the Trash object you’ve handed it.
2. sortBin( ) allows you to pass an entire Tbin in, and it moves through the Tbin, picks out each piece of Trash, and sorts it into the appropriate specific Tbin. Notice the genericity of this code: it doesn’t change at all if new types are added. If the bulk of your code doesn’t need changing when a new type is added (or some other change occurs) then you have an easily-extensible system.
3. Now you can see how easy it is to add a new type. Few lines must be changed to support the addition. If it’s really important, you can squeeze out even more by further manipulating the design.
4. One method call causes the contents of bin to be sorted into the respective specifically-typed bins.