You have a component with 2 parameter and deployed to client side, now you have changed your method with 3 parameters, how can you deploy this without affecting the client code?
To deploy a new version of a component with an additional parameter without affecting the client code, you can follow these steps:
1. Overload the Method:
Keep the existing method with 2 parameters as it is. Create a new method in the component with the same name but with 3 parameters. This is known as method overloading.
Let's say you have a component that calculates the sum of two numbers. Initially, it has a method with 2 parameters. Now you want to add third parameter to provide a bonus to the sum. So you need to write down the overload of previous method.
public class Calculator {
public int Add(int num1, int num2) {
return num1 + num2;
}
public int Add(int num1, int num2, int num3) {
return num1 + num2 + num3;
}
}
2. Default Parameter Value:
In the new method, set a default value for the third parameter. This allows the existing client code that doesn't provide the third parameter to still work without any changes.
Let's say you have a component that calculates the sum of two numbers. Initially, it has a method with 2 parameters.
Now you want to add an optional third parameter to provide a bonus to the sum. You want to ensure that existing client code that doesn't provide the bonus parameter continues to work without modifications.
Here's how you can achieve that:
public class Calculator {
public int Add(int num1, int num2) {
return num1 + num2;
}
public int Add(int num1, int num2, int bonus = 0) {
return num1 + num2 + bonus;
}
}
In this example:
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The original 'Add' method with 2 parameters remains unchanged.
- A new version of the 'Add' method is added with 3 parameters. The third parameter 'bonus' is optional and has a default value of 0.
- If the client code continues to use the old method with 2 parameters, it will work as before.
- If the client code wants to use the new functionality and provide a bonus, it can call the new method with 3 parameters.
- The default value of 0 for the 'bonus' parameter ensures that the existing client code (using the old method) is not affected.
This approach allows you to introduce the new parameter without breaking existing client code and provides flexibility for clients to use the additional functionality when needed.