Re: File Read in Subprocedure WAS(Re: More on RPG style)

On Mar 1, 2010, at 2:57 PM, rpg400-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

... but I certainly add "getters" to
format data in a more relevant way. For instance, there might be a
getShippingAddress that puts the full address together from several fields.
On the setter side, I might code a setShippingAddress that breaks the
address into its individual components and sets the appropriate database
fields.

Is this the kind of strategy you are talking about or something more
involved?

Yes - that is the kind of strategy I mean. The point at which we might disagree is that I normally wouldn't bother with getters/setters for every single column. If it is never retrieved by itself, only as part of an "object" (i.e. Data Structure in RPG and object or an array in PHP) then I see no virtue in having that additional level, only overhead.


Jon Paris

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