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Re: object newbie [message #21134 is a reply to message #21126]

Fri, 11 August 2000 00:00

Martin Schultz
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Registered: August 1997

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Mark Hadfield wrote:
>

> Also object properties are not strictly tied to the class
> structure: GetProperty/SetProperty keywords can represent tags in the class
> structure or they can be dynamically interpreted, thus hiding the
> implementation details.
>

... to elaborate (because Chip calls himself an object newbie): I have
an example where I store among other things an array of structures
(actually objects of the same type) in the object (and I am in fact
using a container for this). Say this structure array is named
"campaigns". In my GetProperty method I then have keywords to access
- the complete array as objects campaigns=campaigns
- the campaigns data as structrues struc_campaigns=struc_campaigns
- only the campaign names cnames=cnames
- only the campaign dates cdates=cdates
etc.

Specific retrieval methods (usually functions then) enhance the
flexibility of the access. E.g.
GetCampaignDates(name=name) can be used to retrieve the dates for
campaigns selected by name
(including a pattern match) -- this is
something I would consider
"value added feature" when you use
objects.

The GetProperty method may in fact use the special retrieval methods to
extract things. As long as you store only small amounts of data, it
won't matter if you access the campaigns structure array several times
and pass parts of it between methods. If you envision huge amounts of
data you may want to think more carefully how often these arrays must be
copied. I haven't dealt with these issues yet, but I would be happy to
hear comments.

Cheers,
Martin

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		Re: object newbie By: John-David T. Smith on Fri, 11 August 2000 00:00
		Re: object newbie By: Martin Schultz on Fri, 11 August 2000 00:00
		Re: object newbie By: Mark Hadfield on Fri, 11 August 2000 00:00
		Re: object newbie By: davidf on Thu, 10 August 2000 00:00
		Re: object newbie By: Martin Schultz on Mon, 14 August 2000 00:00

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