Factory with companion object where each type of object takes a common parameter - scala

Question

I have a class like this -
class Cache (
tableName: String,
TTL: Int) {
// Creates a cache
}
I have a companion object that returns different types of caches. It has functions that require a base table name and can construct the cache.
object Cache {
def getOpsCache(baseTableName: String): Cache = {
new Cache(s"baseTableName_ops", OpsTTL);
}
def getSnapshotCache(baseTableName: String): Cache = {
new Cache(s"baseTableName_snaps", SnapshotTTL);
}
def getMetadataCache(baseTableName: String): Cache = {
new Cache(s"baseTableName_metadata", MetadataTTL);
}
}
The object does a few more things and the Cache class has more parameters, which makes it useful to have a companion object to create different types of Caches. The baseTableName parameter is same for all of the caches. Is there a way in which I can pass this parameter only once and then just call the functions to get different types of caches ?
Alternative to this is to create a factory class and pass the baseTableName parameter to constructor and then call the functions. But I am wondering if it could be done in any way with the Companion object.

Answer 1

The simplest way is to put your factory in a case class:
case class CacheFactory(baseTableName: String) {
lazy val getOpsCache: Cache =
Cache(s"baseTableName_ops", OpsTTL)
lazy val getSnapshotCache =
Cache(s"baseTableName_snaps", SnapshotTTL)
lazy val getMetadataCache =
Cache(s"baseTableName_metadata", MetadataTTL)
}
As I like case classes I changed your Cache also to a case class:
case class Cache(tableName: String, TTL: Int)
As you can see I adjusted your Java code to correct Scala code.
If you want to put it in the companion object, you could use implicits, like:
object Cache {
def getOpsCache(implicit baseTableName: String): Cache =
Cache(s"baseTableName_ops", OpsTTL)
def getSnapshotCache(implicit baseTableName: String) =
Cache(s"baseTableName_snaps", SnapshotTTL)
def getMetadataCache(implicit baseTableName: String) =
Cache(s"baseTableName_metadata", MetadataTTL)
}
Then your client looks like:
implicit val baseTableName: String = "baseName"
cache.getSnapshotCache
cache.getMetadataCache

Answer 2

Consider creating algebraic data type like so
sealed abstract class Cache(tablePostfix: String, ttl: Int) {
val tableName = s"baseTableName_$tablePostfix"
}
case object OpsCache extends Cache("ops", 60)
case object SnapshotCache extends Cache("snaps", 120)
case object MetadataCache extends Cache("metadata", 180)
OpsCache.tableName // res0: String = baseTableName_ops