I am trying to learn how to use private declarations in Ada and also to understand packaging. I have tried to keep my codes as short as possible.
We start with the main file rectangular_Form.ads
with Rectangular_Method_1;
package Rectangular_Form renames Rectangular_Method_1;
-- with Rectangular_Method_2;
-- package Rectangular_Form renames Rectangular_Method_2;
This tells us that we can have two implementations and that for now Rectangular_Method_1
has been chosen.
Then we have the specifications file Rectangular_Method_1.ads
:
package Rectangular_Method_1 is
type Rectangular is private;
procedure Vector_Basis_r (A : in Long_Float; D : out Rectangular);
procedure Set_Horz (R : in out Rectangular; H : Long_Float);
function Get_Horz (R : Rectangular) return Long_Float;
private
type Rectangular is
record
Horz, Vert: Long_Float;
end record;
end Rectangular_Method_1;
and its body Rectangular_Method_1.adb
:
with Ada.Numerics.Long_Elementary_Functions;
use Ada.Numerics.Long_Elementary_Functions;
package body Rectangular_Method_1 is
procedure Vector_Basis_r (A : in Long_Float; D : out Rectangular) is
begin
D.Horz := Cos (A, Cycle => 360.0);
D.Vert := Sin (A, Cycle => 360.0);
end Vector_Basis_r;
procedure Set_Horz (R : in out Rectangular; H : Long_Float) is
begin
R.Horz := H;
end Set_Horz;
function Get_Horz (R : Rectangular) return Long_Float is
begin
return R.Horz;
end Get_Horz;
end Rectangular_Method_1;
and finally the test script: test_rectangular_form.adb
:
with Ada.Long_Float_Text_IO;
with Ada.Text_IO; use Ada.Text_IO;
with Rectangular_Form;
use type Rectangular_Form.Rectangular;
procedure Test_Rectangular_Form is
Component_Horz, Component_Vert, Theta : Long_Float;
Basis_r : Rectangular_Form.Rectangular;
begin
Ada.Text_IO.Put("Enter the angle ");
Ada.Long_Float_Text_IO.Get (Item => theta);
--Vector basis
Rectangular_Form.Vector_Basis_r (A => Theta, D => Basis_r);
Ada.Text_IO.New_Line;
Ada.Text_IO.Put("rhat_min_theta = ");
Ada.Long_Float_Text_IO.Put (Item => Rectangular_Form.Get_Horz (Basis_r), Fore => 3, Aft => 5, Exp => 0);
Ada.Text_IO.Put(" ihat + ");
Ada.Long_Float_Text_IO.Put (Item => Rectangular_Form.Get_Vert (Basis_r), Fore => 3, Aft => 5, Exp => 0);
Ada.Text_IO.Put (" jhat ");
end Test_Rectangular_Form;
Question (applied to test_rectangular_form.adb
):
I am getting the components A.Horz
and A.Vert
directly using
Rectangular_Form.Vector_Basis_r (A => Theta, D => Basis_r);
and accessing the horizontal and vertical components later on by just using
Rectangular_Form.Get_Horz (Basis_r)
and
Rectangular_Form.Get_Vert (Basis_r)
This seems OK as I am using the methods Get_Horz
and Get_Vert
to access the private Rectangular horizontal and vertical components. However I am reading the variable Theta
directly from the command line and finding its horizontal and vertical components using
Rectangular_Form.Vector_Basis_r (A => Theta, D => Basis_r);
If the Rectangular components A.Horz
and A.Vert
are private as I have defined them, why do not I have to use the methods set_Horz(A)
and set_Vert(A)
prior to issuing the command
Rectangular_Form.Vector_Basis_r (A => Theta, D => Basis_r);
PS: The functions for Set_Vert
and Get_Vert
were omitted to keep the codes short.
Thanks a lot...