README.md

Introduction

Master branch is the translation of gilded-rose by Emily Bache before refactoring.

Gilded rose is a practice in refactoring without breaking the existing contract. Navigate to other branches to see implementation of difference versions.

Minimum Implementation

git checkout minimum-implementation

This branch contacts the minimal amount of code needed to implement the new item required by the system. This has the lowest cost of time in the short term.

Factory Design

git checkout product-factory

This design follows a factory design pattern to create a new struct Product:

type Product struct {
	Item    *item.Item
	Variant Variant
}

Where each Variant can contain it's own logic on how to update an item:

type Variant interface {
	UpdateItem(*item.Item)
}

Each product can be created using a factory method which switches on the products name:

NewProductFactory(name string, sellIn, quality int) Product {
	product := Product{Item: item.New(name, sellIn, quality)}
	switch {
	case strings.Contains(name, "Sulfuras"):
		product.Variant = SulfurasVariant{}
	case strings.Contains(name, "Backstage passes"):
		product.Variant = BackStagePassVariant{}
	case strings.Contains(name, "Aged Brie"):
		product.Variant = AgedBrieVariant{}
	case strings.HasPrefix(name, "Conjured"):
		product.Variant = ConjuredVariant{}
	default:
		product.Variant = DefaultVariant{}
	}
	return product
}

Finally, a Store can keep a slice of Products and call their update methods for as many days as needed to update the inventory:

func (s Store) UpdateInventory(days int) error {
	for i := 0; i < days; i++ {
		s.PrintProducts(i)
		for _, product := range s.Products {
			err := product.Update()
			if err != nil {
				return err
			}
		}
	}
	return nil
}