A real example can be reporting documents in an application. Simple code as here.
Adapters i think are very useful for programming structure.
class WordAdaptee implements IReport{
public void report(String s) {
System.out.println(s +" Word");
}
}
class ExcellAdaptee implements IReport{
public void report(String s) {
System.out.println(s +" Excel");
}
}
class ReportAdapter implements IReport{
WordAdaptee wordAdaptee=new WordAdaptee();
@Override
public void report(String s) {
wordAdaptee.report(s);
}
}
interface IReport {
public void report(String s);
}
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
//create the interface that client wants
IReport iReport=new ReportAdapter();
//we want to write a report both from excel and world
iReport.report("Trial report1 with one adaptee"); //we can directly write the report if one adaptee is avaliable
//assume there are N adaptees so it is like in our example
IReport[] iReport2={new ExcellAdaptee(),new WordAdaptee()};
//here we can use Polymorphism here
for (int i = 0; i < iReport2.length; i++) {
iReport2[i].report("Trial report 2");
}
}
}
Results will be:
Trial report1 with one adaptee Word
Trial report 2 Excel
Trial report 2 Word