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99. Tackling guarded record patterns

Exactly as in the case of type patterns, we can add guarding conditions based on the binding variables. For instance, the following code uses guarding conditions with instanceof for determining if the Allergy cabinet is open or closed (you should be familiar with the Doctor record from the previous two problems):

public static String cabinet(Staff staff) {
  if (staff instanceof Doctor(String name, String specialty) 
       && (specialty.equals("Allergy") 
       && (name.equals("Kyle Ulm")))) { 
     return "The cabinet of " + specialty 
       + " is closed. The doctor " 
       + name + " is on holiday.";
  }                
  if (staff instanceof Doctor(String name, String specialty) 
      && (specialty.equals("Allergy") 
      && (name.equals("John Hora")))) { 
    return "The cabinet of " + specialty 
      + " is open...
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Anghel Leonard is a Chief Technology Strategist and independent consultant with 20+ years of experience in the Java ecosystem. In daily work, he is focused on architecting and developing Java distributed applications that empower robust architectures, clean code, and high-performance. Also passionate about coaching, mentoring and technical leadership. He is the author of several books, videos and dozens of articles related to Java technologies.
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