Editing Flyweight pattern (section)

== Examples ==

=== C# ===
In this example, every instance of the <code>MyObject</code> class uses a <code>Pointer</code> class to provide data.
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// Defines Flyweight object that repeats itself.
public class Flyweight
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public string Location { get; set; }
    public string Website { get; set; }
    public byte[] Logo { get; set; }
}

public static class Pointer
{
    public static readonly Flyweight Company = new Flyweight {"ABC","XYZ","www.example.com"};
}

public class MyObject
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public string Company => Pointer.Company.Name;
}
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=== C++ ===
The C++ [[Standard Template Library]] provides several containers that allow unique objects to be mapped to a key. The use of containers helps further reduce memory usage by removing the need for temporary objects to be created.

<syntaxhighlight lang="c++">#include <iostream>
#include <map>
#include <string>

// Instances of Tenant will be the Flyweights
class Tenant {
public:
    Tenant(const std::string& name = "") : m_name(name) {}

    std::string name() const {
        return m_name;
    }
private:
    std::string m_name;
};

// Registry acts as a factory and cache for Tenant flyweight objects
class Registry {
public:
    Registry() : tenants() {}

    Tenant& findByName(const std::string& name) {
        if (!tenants.contains(name)) {
            tenants[name] = Tenant{name};
        }
        return tenants[name];
    }
private:
    std::map<std::string, Tenant> tenants;
};

// Apartment maps a unique tenant to their room number.
class Apartment {
public:
    Apartment() : m_occupants(), m_registry() {}

    void addOccupant(const std::string& name, int room) {
        m_occupants[room] = &m_registry.findByName(name);
    }

    void tenants() {
        for (const auto &i : m_occupants) {
            const int& room = i.first;
            const auto& tenant = i.second;
            std::cout << tenant->name() << " occupies room " << room << std::endl;
        }
    }
private:
    std::map<int, Tenant*> m_occupants;
    Registry m_registry;
};

int main() {
    Apartment apartment;
    apartment.addOccupant("David", 1);
    apartment.addOccupant("Sarah", 3);
    apartment.addOccupant("George", 2);
    apartment.addOccupant("Sarah", 12);
    apartment.addOccupant("Michael", 10);
    apartment.tenants();

    return 0;
}
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=== PHP ===
<syntaxhighlight lang="php"><?php

class CoffeeFlavour {

    private static array $CACHE = [];

    private function __construct(private string $name) {}

    public static function intern(string $name): self {
        self::$CACHE[$name] ??= new self($name);
        return self::$CACHE[$name];
    }

    public static function flavoursInCache(): int {
        return count(self::$CACHE);
    }

    public function __toString(): string {
        return $this->name;
    }

}

class Order {

    private function __construct(
        private CoffeeFlavour $flavour,
        private int $tableNumber
    ) {}

    public static function create(string $flavourName, int $tableNumber): self {
        $flavour = CoffeeFlavour::intern($flavourName);
        return new self($flavour, $tableNumber);
    }

    public function __toString(): string {
        return "Serving {$this->flavour} to table {$this->tableNumber}";
    }
}

class CoffeeShop {

    private array $orders = [];

    public function takeOrder(string $flavour, int $tableNumber) {
        $this->orders[] = Order::create($flavour, $tableNumber);
    }

    public function service() {
        print(implode(PHP_EOL, $this->orders).PHP_EOL);
    }
}

$shop = new CoffeeShop();
$shop->takeOrder("Cappuccino", 2);
$shop->takeOrder("Frappe", 1);
$shop->takeOrder("Espresso", 1);
$shop->takeOrder("Frappe", 897);
$shop->takeOrder("Cappuccino", 97);
$shop->takeOrder("Frappe", 3);
$shop->takeOrder("Espresso", 3);
$shop->takeOrder("Cappuccino", 3);
$shop->takeOrder("Espresso", 96);
$shop->takeOrder("Frappe", 552);
$shop->takeOrder("Cappuccino", 121);
$shop->takeOrder("Espresso", 121);
$shop->service();
print("CoffeeFlavor objects in cache: ".CoffeeFlavour::flavoursInCache().PHP_EOL);
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