BAEL-2581 Delegation Pattern in Kotlin

core-kotlin/src/main/kotlin/com/baeldung/kotlin/delegates/InterfaceDelegation.kt

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+package com.baeldung.kotlin.delegates
+
+import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock
+import kotlin.concurrent.withLock
+
+interface Producer {
+
+    fun produce(): String
+}
+
+class ProducerImpl : Producer {
+
+    override fun produce() = "ProducerImpl"
+}
+
+class EnhancedProducer(private val delegate: Producer) : Producer by delegate {
+
+    override fun produce() = "${delegate.produce()} and EnhancedProducer"
+}
+
+interface MessageService {
+
+    fun processMessage(message: String): String
+}
+
+class MessageServiceImpl : MessageService {
+    override fun processMessage(message: String): String {
+        return "MessageServiceImpl: $message"
+    }
+}
+
+interface UserService {
+
+    fun processUser(userId: String): String
+}
+
+class UserServiceImpl : UserService {
+
+    override fun processUser(userId: String): String {
+        return "UserServiceImpl: $userId"
+    }
+}
+
+class CompositeService : UserService by UserServiceImpl(), MessageService by MessageServiceImpl()
+
+interface Service {
+
+    val seed: Int
+
+    fun serve(action: (Int) -> Unit)
+}
+
+class ServiceImpl : Service {
+
+    override val seed = 1
+
+    override fun serve(action: (Int) -> Unit) {
+        action(seed)
+    }
+}
+
+class ServiceDecorator : Service by ServiceImpl() {
+    override val seed = 2
+}

core-kotlin/src/test/kotlin/com/baeldung/kotlin/delegates/InterfaceDelegationTest.kt

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+package com.baeldung.kotlin.delegates
+
+import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat
+import org.junit.Test
+
+class InterfaceDelegationTest {
+
+    @Test
+    fun `when delegated implementation is used then it works as expected`() {
+        val producer = EnhancedProducer(ProducerImpl())
+        assertThat(producer.produce()).isEqualTo("ProducerImpl and EnhancedProducer")
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `when composite delegation is used then it works as expected`() {
+        val service = CompositeService()
+        assertThat(service.processMessage("message")).isEqualTo("MessageServiceImpl: message")
+        assertThat(service.processUser("user")).isEqualTo("UserServiceImpl: user")
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `when decoration is used then delegate knows nothing about it`() {
+        val service = ServiceDecorator()
+        service.serve {
+            assertThat(it).isEqualTo(1)
+        }
+    }
+}