Example C# code
/// Implementation of Ninety-Nine Bottles of Beer Song in C#. /// What's neat is that .NET makes the Binge class a /// full-fledged component that may be called from any other /// .NET component. /// /// Paul M. Parks /// http://www.parkscomputing.com/ /// February 8, 2002 /// using System; namespace NinetyNineBottles { /// <summary> /// References the method of output. /// </summary> public delegate void Writer(string format, params object[] arg); /// <summary> /// References the corrective action to take when we run out. /// </summary> public delegate int MakeRun(); /// <summary> /// The act of consuming all those beverages. /// </summary> public class Binge { /// <summary> /// What we'll be drinking. /// </summary> private string beverage; /// <summary> /// The starting count. /// </summary> private int count = 0; /// <summary> /// The manner in which the lyrics are output. /// </summary> private Writer Sing; /// <summary> /// What to do when it's all gone. /// </summary> private MakeRun RiskDUI; public event MakeRun OutOfBottles; /// <summary> /// Initializes the binge. /// </summary> /// <param name="count">How many we're consuming.</param> /// <param name="disasterWaitingToHappen"> /// Our instructions, should we succeed. /// </param> /// <param name="writer">How our drinking song will be heard.</param> /// <param name="beverage">What to drink during this binge.</param> public Binge(string beverage, int count, Writer writer) { this.beverage = beverage; this.count = count; this.Sing = writer; } /// <summary> /// Let's get started. /// </summary> public void Start() { while (count > 0) { Sing( @" {0} bottle{1} of {2} on the wall, {0} bottle{1} of {2}. Take one down, pass it around,", count, (count == 1) ? "" : "s", beverage); count--; if (count > 0) { Sing("{0} bottle{1} of {2} on the wall.", count, (count == 1) ? "" : "s", beverage); } else { Sing("No more bottles of {0} on the wall.", beverage, null); } } Sing( @" No more bottles of {0} on the wall, No more bottles of {0}.", beverage, null); if (this.OutOfBottles != null) { count = this.OutOfBottles(); Sing("{0} bottles of {1} on the wall.", count, beverage); } else { Sing("First we weep, then we sleep."); Sing("No more bottles of {0} on the wall.", beverage, null); } } } /// <summary> /// The song remains the same. /// </summary> class SingTheSong { /// <summary> /// Any other number would be strange. /// </summary> const int bottleCount = 99; /// <summary> /// The entry point. Sets the parameters of the Binge and starts it. /// </summary> /// <param name="args">unused</param> static void Main(string[] args) { Binge binge = new Binge("beer", bottleCount, new Writer(Console.WriteLine)); binge.OutOfBottles += new MakeRun(SevenEleven); binge.Start(); } /// <summary> /// There's bound to be one nearby. /// </summary> /// <returns>Whatever would fit in the trunk.</returns> static int SevenEleven() { Console.WriteLine("Go to the store, get some more..."); return bottleCount; } } }
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