Scala Functional Programming Patterns

A strategy in Scala land

By now you must have guessed that in Scala, things are far simpler. Let's try the following commands with creating an object:

object MovieStrategy extends App {

  type MoviePref = () => String // 1

  abstract class FamilyMember {
    def name: String
    def moviePref: MoviePref
  }

  case class Mom(name: String, moviePref: MoviePref) extends
    FamilyMember
  case class Dad(name: String, moviePref: MoviePref) extends
    FamilyMember
  case class Kid(name: String, moviePref: MoviePref) extends
    FamilyMember

  def letUsGoForAMovie[T <: FamilyMember](familyMember: T) = { // 2
    val mp = s"${familyMember.name} :  ${familyMember
      .moviePref() } "
    println(mp)
  }

  val mom = Mom("Mom", () => "some romantic flick") // 3
 val dad = Dad("Dad", () ...