{-# OPTIONS -fglasgow-exts #-} -- (C) 2004-2005, Oleg Kiselyov & Ralf Laemmel -- Haskell's overlooked object system module Existential where import Shape import Circle import Rectangle -- An existential envelope for shapes data OpaqueShape = forall x. Shape x => HideShape x -- Opaque shapes are shapes instance Shape OpaqueShape where readShape f (HideShape x) = readShape f x writeShape f (HideShape x) = HideShape $ writeShape f x draw (HideShape x) = draw x -- Weirich's / Rathman's test case main = do -- Handle the shapes polymorphically let scribble = [ HideShape (rectangle 10 20 5 6) , HideShape (circle 15 25 8) ] mapM_ ( \x -> do draw x draw (rMoveTo 100 100 x) ) scribble -- Handle rectangle-specific instance draw $ setWidth 30 (rectangle 0 0 15 15)