PHP Design Patterns Chain of Responsibility

//copyright Lawrence Truett and FluffyCat.com 2005, all rights reserved
  
  abstract class AbstractBookTopic {


    abstract function getTopic();
    abstract function getTitle();
    abstract function setTitle($title_in);


  }

//copyright Lawrence Truett and FluffyCat.com 2005, all rights reserved
  
  class BookTopic extends AbstractBookTopic {


    private $topic;
    private $title;


    function __construct($topic_in) {
      $this->topic = $topic_in;
	  $this->title = NULL;
    }


    function getTopic() {return $this->topic;}


    //this is the end of the chain - returns title or says there is none
    function getTitle() {
      if (NULL != $this->title) {
        return $this->title;
      } else {
        return 'there is no title avaialble';
      }
    }
    function setTitle($title_in) {$this->title = $title_in;}


  }

//copyright Lawrence Truett and FluffyCat.com 2005, all rights reserved
  
  class BookSubTopic extends AbstractBookTopic {


    private $topic;
	private $parentTopic;
    private $title;


    function __construct($topic_in, BookTopic $parentTopic_in) {
      $this->topic = $topic_in;
      $this->parentTopic = $parentTopic_in;
	  $this->title = NULL;
    }


    function getTopic() {return $this->topic;}


    function getParentTopic() {return $this->parentTopic;}	


    function getTitle() {
      if (NULL != $this->title) {
        return $this->title;
      } else {
        return $this->parentTopic->getTitle();
      }
    }
    function setTitle($title_in) {$this->title = $title_in;}


  }

//copyright Lawrence Truett and FluffyCat.com 2005, all rights reserved
  
  class BookSubSubTopic extends AbstractBookTopic {


    private $topic;
	private $parentTopic;
    private $title;


    function __construct($topic_in, BookSubTopic $parentTopic_in) {
      $this->topic = $topic_in;
      $this->parentTopic = $parentTopic_in;
	  $this->title = NULL;
    }


    function getTopic() {return $this->topic;}


    function getParentTopic() {return $this->parentTopic;}	


    function getTitle() {
      if (NULL != $this->title) {
        return $this->title;
      } else {
        return $this->parentTopic->getTitle();
      }
    }
    function setTitle($title_in) {$this->title = $title_in;}


  }

//copyright Lawrence Truett and FluffyCat.com 2005, all rights reserved


  include_once('AbstractBookTopic.php');
  include_once('BookTopic.php');
  include_once('BookSubTopic.php');
  include_once('BookSubSubTopic.php');


  writeln("BEGIN TESTING CHAIN OF RESPONSIBILITY PATTERN");
  writeln("");


  $bookTopic = new BookTopic("PHP 5");
  writeln("bookTopic before title is set:");
  writeln("topic: " . $bookTopic->getTopic());
  writeln("title: " . $bookTopic->getTitle());
  writeln("");
  $bookTopic->setTitle(
     "PHP 5 Recipes by Babin, Good, Kroman, and Stephens");
  writeln("bookTopic after title is set: ");
  writeln("topic: " . $bookTopic->getTopic());
  writeln("title: " . $bookTopic->getTitle());
  writeln("");
  
  $bookSubTopic = new BookSubTopic("PHP 5 Patterns",$bookTopic);
  writeln("bookSubTopic before title is set: ");
  writeln("topic: " . $bookSubTopic->getTopic());
  writeln("title: " . $bookSubTopic->getTitle());
  writeln("");
  $bookSubTopic->setTitle(
    "PHP 5 Objects Patterns and Practice by Zandstra");
  writeln("bookSubTopic after title is set: ");
  writeln("topic: ". $bookSubTopic->getTopic());
  writeln("title: ". $bookSubTopic->getTitle());
  writeln("");
  
  $bookSubSubTopic = new BookSubSubTopic("PHP 5 Patterns for Cats",
    $bookSubTopic);
  writeln("bookSubSubTopic with no title set: ");
  writeln("topic: " . $bookSubSubTopic->getTopic());
  writeln("title: " . $bookSubSubTopic->getTitle());
  writeln("");
  $bookSubTopic->setTitle(NULL);
  writeln(
    "bookSubSubTopic with no title for set for bookSubTopic either:");
  writeln("topic: " . $bookSubSubTopic->getTopic());
  writeln("title: " . $bookSubSubTopic->getTitle());
  writeln("");


  writeln("END TESTING CHAIN OF RESPONSIBILITY PATTERN");


  function writeln($line_in) {
    echo $line_in."<"."BR".">";
  }

BEGIN TESTING CHAIN OF RESPONSIBILITY PATTERN


bookTopic before title is set:
topic: PHP 5
title: there is no title avaialble


bookTopic after title is set: 
topic: PHP 5
title: PHP 5 Recipes by Babin, Good, Kroman, and Stephens


bookSubTopic before title is set: 
topic: PHP 5 Patterns
title: PHP 5 Recipes by Babin, Good, Kroman, and Stephens


bookSubTopic after title is set: 
topic: PHP 5 Patterns
title: PHP 5 Objects Patterns and Practice by Zandstra


bookSubSubTopic with no title set: 
topic: PHP 5 Patterns for Cats
title: PHP 5 Objects Patterns and Practice by Zandstra


bookSubSubTopic with no title for set for bookSubTopic either:
topic: PHP 5 Patterns for Cats
title: PHP 5 Recipes by Babin, Good, Kroman, and Stephens


END TESTING CHAIN OF RESPONSIBILITY PATTERN