From: Dimitri Aivaliotis <aglarond@...>
Date: 2006-03-23T14:43:24+09:00
Subject: Re: [QUIZ] Space Merchant (#71)

I know this is 11th-hour and all, but I thought I'd mention it
anyways.  When I read this quiz, I immediately thought of using a
Dependency Injection framework to solve it.  I also wanted to add
elements of the Firefly `Verse to the gameplay, so I'd describe it in
a YAML file.  Unfortunately, I haven't had the time to do more than
just a mock-up:

  registry = Needle::Registry.new do |reg|

    reg.register( :galaxy ) { Galaxy.new( 'firefly.yaml' ) }
    reg.intercept( :galaxy ).with! { logging_interceptor }
    reg.register( :sector, :model => :multiton ) do |c,p,name,location|
      Sector.new( name, location )
    end
    reg.intercept( :sector ).with! { logging_interceptor }
    reg.register( :planet, :model => :multiton ) do |c,p,name,sector|
      Planet.new( name, sector )
    end
    reg.intercept( :planet ).with! { logging_interceptor }
    reg.register( :station, :model => :multiton ) do |c,p,name,sector|
      Station.new( name, sector )
    end
    reg.intercept( :station ).with! { logging_interceptor }
    reg.register( :player, :model => :multiton ) do |c,p,name|
      Player.new( name )
    end
    reg.intercept( :player ).with! { logging_interceptor }
  end

  galaxy = registry.galaxy

firefly.yaml (partial):

---
galaxy: firefly
player:
  credits    : 1000
  reputation : 100
sectors:
  - name     : 1
    location : central
    planets:
      - name        : Ariel
        description : "Planet.  Home to a major medical center, Saint Lucy's."
  - name     : 2
    location : central
    planets:
      - name        : Persephone
        description : Planet.  Heavily stratified societal structure. 
Resupply port for Serenity.

I had envisioned this as a webapp, where players could register and
all play within the same universe.  The Authenticator and Presenter
aren't shown above.  Each player would then be instatiated like so:

<username> = registry.player("<username>")

They could save the game state to a YAML file, which would then be
transportable across SpaceMerchant implementations.

So, what do you all think?  Anybody with actual DI/IoC experience care
to chime in?  (As you can probably tell, this would be my first time
using DI.)  Are there any other Browncoats out there?  Could this
maybe be a Part 2 to this quiz?

- Dimitri