How to parameterize the call Signal?

[Lei Zhang]

Hi,

I’m new to StrangeIoC. Quick question - is there a particular way to dispatch Signal like:

Current usage:

    public void DispathSignal (string signalName) {

        switch (signalName) {

            case "signal1":

                signal1.Dispatch ();

                break;

            case "signal2":

                signal2.Dispatch ();

                break;

            case "signal3":

                signal3.Dispatch ();

                break;

            case "signal4":

                signal4.Dispatch ();

                break;

        }

    }

Replace with:

    public void DispathSignal(string signalName)

    {

        (Signal)signalName.Dispatch();

    }

or like The dispatcher extension:

   dispatcher.Dispatch(AttackEvent.FIRE_MISSILE);

[wcorwin]

So this isn't terribly strange specific, although if I saw an ugly switch like that it would raise a red flag. You're essentially recreating a basic map, so I suggest either making use of a hashmap(dictionary in c#), or potentially looking at extending our binder class, which is basically just a hashmap. And just to be clear, I think you probably have a simple architectural issue here if you're passing around names of things to call.