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Define ToString method for object type
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SQL> set serveroutput on
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SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE Point AS OBJECT (
2 x NUMBER,
3 y NUMBER,
4
5 MEMBER FUNCTION ToString RETURN VARCHAR2,
6 PRAGMA RESTRICT_REFERENCES(ToString, RNDS, WNDS, RNPS, WNPS),
7
8 MEMBER FUNCTION Distance(p IN Point DEFAULT Point(0,0))
9 RETURN NUMBER,
10 PRAGMA RESTRICT_REFERENCES(Distance, RNDS, WNDS, RNPS, WNPS),
11
12 MEMBER FUNCTION Plus(p IN Point) RETURN Point,
13 PRAGMA RESTRICT_REFERENCES(Plus, RNDS, WNDS, RNPS, WNPS),
14
15 MEMBER FUNCTION Times(n IN NUMBER) RETURN Point,
16 PRAGMA RESTRICT_REFERENCES(Times, RNDS, WNDS, RNPS, WNPS)
17 );
18 /
SQL> show errors
No errors.
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SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE BODY Point AS
2 MEMBER FUNCTION ToString RETURN VARCHAR2 IS
3 myResult VARCHAR2(20);
4 v_xString VARCHAR2(8) := SUBSTR(TO_CHAR(x), 1, 8);
5 v_yString VARCHAR2(8) := SUBSTR(TO_CHAR(y), 1, 8);
6 BEGIN
7 myResult := '(' || v_xString || ', ';
8 myResult := myResult || v_yString || ')';
9 RETURN myResult;
10 END ToString;
11
12 MEMBER FUNCTION Distance(p IN Point DEFAULT Point(0,0))
13 RETURN NUMBER IS
14 BEGIN
15 RETURN SQRT(POWER(x - p.x, 2) + POWER(y - p.y, 2));
16 END Distance;
17
18 MEMBER FUNCTION Plus(p IN Point) RETURN Point IS
19 myResult Point;
20 BEGIN
21 myResult := Point(x + p.x, y + p.y);
22 RETURN myResult;
23 END Plus;
24
25 MEMBER FUNCTION Times(n IN NUMBER) RETURN Point IS
26 myResult Point;
27 BEGIN
28 myResult := Point(x * n, y * n);
29 RETURN myResult;
30 END Times;
31 END;
32 /
Type body created.
SQL> show errors
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SQL> DECLARE
2 v_Point1 Point := Point(0, 0);
3 BEGIN
4 DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Point 1 is ' || v_Point1.toString);
5 END;
6 /
Point 1 is (0, 0)
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
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