polyfn

Open, single dispatch polymorphism.

Usage

Leiningen dependency information:

[name.stadig/polyfn "2.0.0"]

Maven dependency information:

<dependency>
  <groupId>name.stadig</groupId>
  <artifactId>polyfn</artifactId>
  <version>2.0.0</version>
</dependency>

Define a polyfn.

(require '[name.stadig.polyfn :refer [defpolyfn extend-polyfn]])
(defpolyfn foo [exp])

Define some implementations for specific types.

(extend-polyfn foo Long [exp] (inc exp))
(extend-polyfn foo String [exp] "Hello, World!")

Use it.

(foo 1) => 2
(foo "string") => "Hello, World!"
(foo 1.0) => #<IllegalArgumentException java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: No implementation of polyfn: #'user/foo found for class: java.lang.Double>

Oops, there is no implementation for Double, let’s define one for java.lang.Number.

(extend-polyfn foo Number [exp] Number)
(foo 1.0) => java.lang.Number

The rest of the implementations remain the same

(foo 1) => 2
(foo "string") => "Hello, World!"

Open, single dispatch polymorphism. Enjoy!

License

Copyright (c) Paul Stadig. All rights reserved.
Portions Copyright (c) Paul Stadig and Rich Hickey. All rights reserved.

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