Re: Service Programs 101

[Wayne.James@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

I am (obviously) not Scott...

But, *BNDDIRs are one of the mechanisms (IMHO) that help enable 
"information hiding" which is one of the attributes of abstraction.

If you were to think in terms of *SRVPGMs which reference *SRVPGMs which 
reference other *SRVPGMs, you begin to get the idea that some "level 3" 
*SRVPGMs should not be referenced directly by "level 1" objects.  In that 
case, there is no reason to include the "level 3" *SRVPGMs in a "level 1" 
*BNDDIR.

*BNDDIRs then begin to provide a mechanism similar to "packages" in Java.

Does that make any sense to anybody?  <grin>

L. Wayne James
Senior Developer
Agilysys, Inc.
Hospitality Solutions Group
578 Old Norcross Road
Lawrenceville, GA 30045
Phone:  770-962-6425 x1252
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>What a lot of people will do to make things even simpler is put *ALL*
>service programs in a single binding directory, and include that BNDDIR()
>in every program that they write.  Then you never have to worry about it.
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Scott, may one ask whether that is the way you handle it yourself?

I've been thinking this, and so far can't think of any "gotchas".. Is 
there any reason not to? Binding directory "maintenance" issues?

- Alan

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