The idea is to enable a developer to add functionality to the kernel without affecting the code of the kernel。 The example that we will go through defines a couple of rooms in a museum （the Museum project）。 ■Note The implementation of the Home project is not discussed here； but it is available in this book’s down loadable source code。 Defining Some Rooms The rooms are defined in a separate assembly called Museum and are not part of the kernel。 The following is an example of a room implementation。 Again； remember to include a reference to LibLightingSystem （right…click References in Museum and select Add Reference then Projects LibLightingSystem）。 …………………………………………………………Page 245…………………………………………………………… C H AP TE R 8 ■ L E AR N IN G AB O U T CO M P O N E N T O R IE N TE D A R CH I TE C TU R E 223 。 。 。 Imports LibLightingSystem Friend Class PrivateRoom ： Implements INoRemoteControlRoom End Class Friend Class PublicRoom ： Implements ISensorRoom Public ReadOnly Property IsPersonInRoom（） As Boolean _ Implements ISensorRoom。IsPersonInRoom Get Return False End Get End Property Private _lightLevel As Double Public ReadOnly Property LightLevel（） As Double _ Implements ISensorRoom。LightLevel Get Return _lightLevel End Get End Property Public Sub LightSwitch（ByVal lightState As Boolean） _ Implements IRemoteControlRoom。LightSwitch If lightState Then _lightLevel = 1 Else _lightLevel = 0 End If End Sub Public Sub DimLight（ByVal level As Double） _ Implements IRemoteControlRoom。DimLight _lightLevel = level End Sub End Class The two room declarations； PrivateRoom and PublicRoom； are both internal to the assembly。 Each room implements the interface that it deems appropriate。 PrivateRoom implements the interface INoRemoteControlRoom； indicating that LightingController should leave the room alone。 PublicRoom implements ISensorRoom； indicating that it will tell the controller when a person is in the room and allow itself to be controlled。 The implementation of PublicRoom is trivial and frankly not that useful； but it illustrates the bare minimum of what needs to be implemented。 In a production environment； PublicRoom would have access to external devices such as a heat sensor and lights。 The objective of PublicRoom would be to give and take signals from the LightingController and take action。 It is not up to PublicRoom to ask whether or not a decision …………………………………………………………Page 246…………………………………………………………… 224 CH AP T E R 8 ■ L E A R N IN G AB OU T CO M P O N E N TO R IE N T E D AR C HI TE CT U R E is correct。 For example； if LightingController indicated to turn the light off even though a person is in the room； then PublicRoom would not ask why the light is being turned off。 ■Note When you are designing a kernel…like architecture； the implementations are realizations of ideas and should never question the controller。 The implementations might not be aware of a bigger picture and thus might prevent an algorithm from functioning properly。 Of course； the exception to this rule is if the decision would cause physical damage or cause the program to crash。 In that case； the implementation should throw an exception； indicating that the decision is faulty。 Instantiating PublicRoom and PrivateRoom As described in the previous chapter； when you are developing ponents； you want to separate the interfaces from the implementations。 This gives you the flexibility to change the imple mentation in an assembly without requiring the users of the assembly to repile their code。 To instantiate the implementations； you need a factory； and the museum with its PrivateRoom and PublicRoom implementations is no different。 However； a builder method that assembles a building of potential PrivateRoom and PublicRoom binations will be offered with the museum。 The builder method is useful because it predefines a canned building that has all the room groupings and rooms properly added。 ■Note Think of a builder method as a way of creating a predefined structure； thus saving users from having to do that themselves。 A builder method is only a starting point； and you should be able to manipulate the structure afterward for fine…tuning purposes。 The following is the implementation of the museum factory； which is added to the project Museum。 Public Module FactoryRooms Public Function CreateBuilding（） As LightingController Dim controller As New LightingController（） Dim publicAreas As Object = _ controller。AddRoomGrouping（〃public viewing areas〃） Dim privateAreas As Object = _ controller。AddRoomGrouping（〃private viewing areas〃） controller。AddRoomToGrouping（publicAreas； New PublicRoom（）） controller。AddRoomToGrouping（privateAreas； New PrivateRoom（）） Return controller End Function …………………………………………………………Page 247…………………………………………………………… C H AP TE R 8 ■ L E AR N IN G AB O U T CO M P O N E N T O R