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visitable

visitable

8.3
Can let another object or function do work on it
  • adjective
  • /ˈvɪzɪtəbl/
  • Specialized
: visitante
  • Each node in the data structure must be visitable for the visitor pattern to work correctly.

Examples

  • To extend functionality, ensure your objects are visitable by implementing the required interface.

  • The developer made the class visitable so that different operations could be applied without changing its code.

  • The visitable methods allow for flexible design.

  • Is this component visitable in the current architecture?

  • In order to use the Visitor design pattern, each class must be visitable by a visitor object.

  • To ensure modularity in the codebase, it's important that all classes are visitable by implementing the visitor interface.

  • The framework requires that all components are visitable so that custom operations can be performed on them.

Surface Forms

visitable positive

Morphology

visitable = visit (transparent) = visit + able

Formed regularly from 'visit' + '-able'; in computing the meaning is specialized but derivational logic remains transparent.

Etymology

Visitable keeps the same idea in computing: the root visit means 'to go and see' and -able means 'able to'. It describes a part of a program that can be 'visited' by a piece of code to do work, which is why making something visitable lets different actions be used without changing its original code.