1) would be more: - define a protocol for each kind of function (render, serialize...) - define a deftype/defrecord for each type of element, and make them extend the protocol
It's not that different from 2. (protocol, as far as I understand, are multimethod whose dispatch function is the type of first arg) More choice: 3) (defn render "rendering" [obj context] (case (:shape obj) :line (render-line obj context) ..... ) with obj being a PersistentHashMap {:shape :line :begin {:x :y} ...} The right choice depends somehow of taste. I would do for 1, but other would do differently I think. Good thing with a multi-paradigm language. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en