/* * This project is licensed under the MIT license. Module model-view-viewmodel is using ZK framework licensed under LGPL (see lgpl-3.0.txt). * * The MIT License * Copyright © 2014-2022 Ilkka Seppälä * * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: * * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in * all copies or substantial portions of the Software. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN * THE SOFTWARE. */ package com.iluwatar.dirtyflag; import java.util.concurrent.Executors; import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit; import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j; /** * This application demonstrates the Dirty Flag pattern. The dirty flag behavioral pattern * allows you to avoid expensive operations that would just need to be done again anyway. This is a * simple pattern that really just explains how to add a bool value to your class that you can set * anytime a property changes. This will let your class know that any results it may have previously * calculated will need to be calculated again when they’re requested. Once the results are * re-calculated, then the bool value can be cleared. * *
There are some points that need to be considered before diving into using this pattern:- * there are some things you’ll need to consider:- (1) Do you need it? This design pattern works * well when the results to be calculated are difficult or resource intensive to compute. You want * to save them. You also don’t want to be calculating them several times in a row when only the * last one counts. (2) When do you set the dirty flag? Make sure that you set the dirty flag within * the class itself whenever an important property changes. This property should affect the result * of the calculated result and by changing the property, that makes the last result invalid. (3) * When do you clear the dirty flag? It might seem obvious that the dirty flag should be cleared * whenever the result is calculated with up-to-date information but there are other times when you * might want to clear the flag. * *
In this example, the {@link DataFetcher} holds the dirty flag. It fetches and * re-fetches from world.txt when needed. {@link World} mainly serves the data to the * front-end. */ @Slf4j public class App { /** * Program execution point. */ public void run() { final var executorService = Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor(); executorService.scheduleAtFixedRate(new Runnable() { final World world = new World(); @Override public void run() { var countries = world.fetch(); LOGGER.info("Our world currently has the following countries:-"); countries.stream().map(country -> "\t" + country).forEach(LOGGER::info); } }, 0, 15, TimeUnit.SECONDS); // Run at every 15 seconds. } /** * Program entry point. * * @param args command line args */ public static void main(String[] args) { var app = new App(); app.run(); } }