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Rob,

This is the way it's done with Java Beans.  Interesting article about this
at http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-05-2001/jw-0518-encapsulation.html.

I'm trying to apply these principles to ILE & RPGIV.  You never access the
data directly but do so through getters and setters.  Getters can do more
than just return a field value.  The returned value might not even be a data
field but could be derived from some other fields.  GetName( SSN ) could
return a formatted string derived from other fields.  It might actually be
stored in the record as first name, last name and middle initial.  As an end
developer I don't want to know the details about how the name is stored.  I
just want to use the name.

If the fields aren't in the program you can't mess with them.  Having the
entire record's fields in the application program opens you up to all sorts
of errors.  You could change other fields in the record by mistake.  Using
getters and setters avoids those types of errors.

BTW, The code would be more like

Key = GetNextRecord();
MyWorkField1 = GetField1( Key );
MyWorkField2 = GetField2( Key );

than some generic GetField procedure.

That 'actually do some real work' might be another getter procedure provided
by the module instead of code in your application program.  Rather than:

SSN = GetNextEmployee();
MyFirstName = GetFirstName( SSN );
MyLastName = GetLastName( SSN );
Name = MyFirstName + " " + MyLastName;

You'd have

SSN = GetNextEmployee();
Name = GetName( SSN );

I'd rather code that that than

Read Employee;
Name = EMFNAM + " " + EMLNAM;

Paul

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100 Birch Pond Drive, PO Box 2009
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> Paul,
>
> I think you're the first person that I heard of, that wasn't the person in
> charge of writing the access programs, that actually liked this scenario.
> Why an end developer would like to replace
>
> chain(e) myfile;
> // now actually do some real work with the fields
>
> with
> getFilename();
> MyWorkField1=GetField(field1);
> MyWorkField2=GetField(field2);
> ...
> // now actually do some real work with the fields
>
> rather escapes me.
>
> Rob Berendt
> -- 
> Group Dekko Services, LLC
> Dept 01.073
> PO Box 2000
> Dock 108
> 6928N 400E
> Kendallville, IN 46755
> http://www.dekko.com




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