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Example 2

#include <algorithm>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>

/**
* Adapter Design Pattern
*
* Intent: Provides a unified interface that allows objects with incompatible
* interfaces to collaborate.
*/

/**
* The Target defines the domain-specific interface used by the client code.
*/
class Target {
public:
virtual ~Target() = default;
virtual std::string Request() const {
return "Target: The default target's behavior.";
}
};

/**
* The Adaptee contains some useful behavior, but its interface is incompatible
* with the existing client code. The Adaptee needs some adaptation before the
* client code can use it.
*/
class Adaptee {
public:
std::string SpecificRequest() const {
return ".eetpadA eht fo roivaheb laicepS";
}
};

/**
* The Adapter makes the Adaptee's interface compatible with the Target's
* interface using multiple inheritance.
*/
class Adapter : public Target, public Adaptee {
public:
Adapter() {}
std::string Request() const override {
std::string to_reverse = SpecificRequest();
std::reverse(to_reverse.begin(), to_reverse.end());
return "Adapter: (TRANSLATED) " + to_reverse;
}
};

/**
* The client code supports all classes that follow the Target interface.
*/
void ClientCode(const Target *target) {
std::cout << target->Request();
}

int main() {
std::cout << "Client: I can work just fine with the Target objects:\n";
Target *target = new Target;
ClientCode(target);
std::cout << "\n\n";
Adaptee *adaptee = new Adaptee;
std::cout << "Client: The Adaptee class has a weird interface. See, I don't understand it:\n";
std::cout << "Adaptee: " << adaptee->SpecificRequest();
std::cout << "\n\n";
std::cout << "Client: But I can work with it via the Adapter:\n";
Adapter *adapter = new Adapter;
ClientCode(adapter);
std::cout << "\n";

delete target;
delete adaptee;
delete adapter;

return 0;
}
Client: I can work just fine with the Target objects:
Target: The default target's behavior.

Client: The Adaptee class has a weird interface. See, I don't understand it:
Adaptee: .eetpadA eht fo roivaheb laicepS

Client: But I can work with it via the Adapter:
Adapter: (TRANSLATED) Special behavior of the Adaptee.