RE: OO and Procedural Work Units (was switch string)

On 03/07/2001 at 03:14:27 PM, owner-java400-l@midrange.com wrote:
1. You create a bunch of classes that perform functions you need done.

2. After a while, you notice that you are writing similar methods and code
fragments in several of these classes.

3. So you abstract this, using one of three (or probably more) methods:
   a. Make those classes be subclasses of a generic class that does the
common code;
   b. Make classes implement an interface, so that code that uses them can
be generic;
   c. Provide convenience or singleton classes to do standard things.

4. Repeat from step 1.

I agree completely (enough to excerpt and post it again! 8-)



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