RE: My Java Experience... latest code - critique (xmlWrapper)

On 03/21/2001 at 01:09:04 PM, "Stone, Brad V (TC)" <bvstone@taylorcorp.com>
wrote:
I understand this, but again, what's the difference?  Now all of my objects
rely on the Namable object as well.  My field has many different
attributes.
My fieldlist has fewer and my fieldTable has the same as fieldList.  So if
I
go the Nameable route, then wouldn't I make an interface for each attribute
of my field?
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Yeah, that's certainly an option, and WOULD make sense for
some of those fields.
But realistically, you only do that when you're accessing
things that can be used commonly across multiple object
types.

Although not in your example, I view 'xmlWrapper' as
one of those things which is probably common ACROSS different
object types and the formatter probably benefits from getting
it generically for any object type. This means an interface
that provides it.


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