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1		-Software Engineering.Clean Code.Objects and Data Structures.WebHome
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1		-### Use Cases
	1	+asd
2	2
3		-This example is intended to demonstrate the extensibility differences between data structures and objects by extending them with
	3	+```
	4	+type Square struct {
	5	+ length float
	6	+}
4	4
5		-1. an Area() function (extending behavior)
6		-1. a rectangle type (extending data type)
	8	+type Circle struct {
	9	+ length float
	10	+}
7	7
8		-### Data Structure Style
	12	+func Area(g GeometricObject) float {
	13	+ switch (g.type()):
	14	+ case Circle:
	15	+ return
	16	+ case Square:
	17	+ return ...
	18	+}
9	9
10		- interface GeometricObject {}
11		-
12		- class Square implements GeometricObject {
13		- length float
14		- }
15		-
16		- class Circle implements GeometricObject {
17		- radius float
18		- }
19		-
20		- function Circumference(g GeometricObject) float {
21		- switch type(g):
22		- case Square:
23		- return 4 * g.length
24		- case Circle:
25		- return 2 * PI * g.radius
26		- }
	20	+func Circumference(g GeometricObject) float {
	21	+ ...
	22	+}
	23	+```
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28		-1. Adding an Area() function with a very similar anatomy to Circumference() is easy because it only requires adding new code.
29		-1. Adding a new datatype, Rectangle, is harder because it requires touching existing code, namely any functions like Circumference() or Area() that need to be enabled handle this datatype.
30		-
31		-####
32		-
33	33	#### Object-Oriented Style
34	34
35		- interface GeometricObject {
36		- Circumference() float
37		- }
38		-
39		- class Square implements GeometricObject {
	27	+ class Square {
40	40	length float
41	41
42	42	constructor(length float) {
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43	43	this.length = length
44	44	}
45	45
	34	+ func Area() float {
	35	+ return this.length * this.length
	36	+ }
	37	+
46	46	func Circumference() float {
47	47	return 4 * this.length
48	48	}
49	49	}
50	50
51		- class Circle implements GeometricObject {
	43	+ class Circle {
52	52	radius float
53	53
54	54	constructor(radius float) {
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55	55	this.radius = radius
56	56	}
57	57
	50	+ func Area() float {
	51	+ return PI * this.radius * this.radius
	52	+ }
	53	+
58	58	func Circumference() float {
59	59	return 2 * PI * this.radius
60	60	}
61	61	}
62		-
63		-1. Adding a function Area() to the GeometricObject interface is hard because it requires touching existing code, namely extending all Square and Circle classes with the new function.
64		-1. Adding a new datatype, Rectangle, is easy because only new code is added, namely a Rectangle class.
65		-
66		-### Conclusion
67		-
68		-* The lesson here is that data structures are easy to extend with functions and hard to extend with data type, and objects are easy to extend with other objects but hard to extend with functionality.
69		-* Although the difference between the two styles may seem insignificant in this simplified example, it has serious implications in complex production codebases with multiple data types and behaviors.