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Hands-On Design Patterns and Best Practices with Julia

You're reading from   Hands-On Design Patterns and Best Practices with Julia Proven solutions to common problems in software design for Julia 1.x

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838648817
Length 532 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Tom Kwong Tom Kwong
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Table of Contents (19) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Getting Started with Design Patterns
2. Design Patterns and Related Principles FREE CHAPTER 3. Section 2: Julia Fundamentals
4. Modules, Packages, and Data Type Concepts 5. Designing Functions and Interfaces 6. Macros and Metaprogramming Techniques 7. Section 3: Implementing Design Patterns
8. Reusability Patterns 9. Performance Patterns 10. Maintainability Patterns 11. Robustness Patterns 12. Miscellaneous Patterns 13. Anti-Patterns 14. Traditional Object-Oriented Patterns 15. Section 4: Advanced Topics
16. Inheritance and Variance 17. Assessments 18. Other Books You May Enjoy

Accessor patterns

Julia objects are transparent. What does that mean? Well, currently, the Julia language does not have the ability to apply access control over the fields of an object. Therefore, people coming from a C++ or Java background may find it a little uneasy. In this section, we will explore a number of ways in which to make the language more acceptable for those users who are seeking more access control.

So, perhaps we should define our requirements first. While we write up the requirements, we will also ask ourselves why we want to have them in the first place. Let's just consider any object in a Julia program:

  • Some fields need to be hidden from the outside world: Some fields are considered to be part of the public interface and are, therefore, fully documented and supported. Other fields are considered implementation details, and they may not be used because...
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