[brailleblaster] Re: Renaming
- From: Keith Creasy <kcreasy@xxxxxxx>
- To: "brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 19:00:18 +0000
Actually I found the Wikipedia article on "adapter design pattern" to be pretty
good.
Keith Creasy
Software Developer
American Printing House for the Blind
KCreasy@xxxxxxx
Phone: 502.895.2405
Skype: keith537
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Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: Renaming
Hi Keith,
Please explain the adapter design pattern further. Is there something I could
read on it? As I said, this is my first encounter with wrapper classes. I might
chose to use one eventually and also to pick a name other than Document for the
Semantics class.
John
On Mon, Jan 07, 2013 at 05:26:35PM +0000, Keith Creasy wrote:
> I disagree but OK. Do it however youlike.
>
> Any drop in efficiency would be completely inconsequencial. Wrapper classes
> are used all the time and are in fact an integral part of the "adapter"
> design pattern.
>
>
> Keith Creasy
> Software Developer
> American Printing House for the Blind
> KCreasy@xxxxxxx
> Phone: 502.895.2405
> Skype: keith537
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John J.
> Boyer
> Sent: Monday, January 07, 2013 12:13 PM
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> Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: Renaming
>
> A wrapper class is a new idea for me. I've never seen it before. It seems to
> me simpler to just chose a different new name for the Semantics class,
> something like DocumentBase A wrapper class might also be less efficient.
>
> John
>
> On Mon, Jan 07, 2013 at 01:53:05PM +0000, Keith Creasy wrote:
> > If I were doing it I'd create a wrapper class called
> > org.brailleblaster.document.Document that would be a wrapper for
> > java.xom.Document ( or whatever it's called. Our Document class would have
> > one member that would be something like:
> >
> > private java.xom.Document dom = new java.xom.Document();
> >
> > and another member that would dhandle the Semantics:
> >
> > private Semantics semantics = new Semantics();
> >
> > Also members for styles, actions, etc; whatever we need.
> >
> > This is the class that the views would interact with. So you might also
> > have a member like:
> >
> > private View[] views;
> >
> > and methods like attachView and detachView.
> >
> > WordProcessor might just be a parent frame for the document, I think that's
> > what it is mostly now.
> >
> >
> > This is pseudo code so don't take it literally.
> >
> >
> > Keith Creasy
> > Software Developer
> > American Printing House for the Blind KCreasy@xxxxxxx
> > Phone: 502.895.2405
> > Skype: keith537
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John J.
> > Boyer
> > Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2013 10:32 PM
> > To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [brailleblaster] Renaming
> >
> > Renaming the documentmodel package to document will cause no difficulty.
> > However renaming the Semantics class to Document will probably cause
> > confusion, in part because XOM has a class with the same name. Perhpas it
> > could be renamed Model. Maybe someone has a better idea. It won't be the
> > first time I've had to rename things.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > John
> >
> > --
> > John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer Abilitiessoft, Inc.
> > http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> > Madison, Wisconsin USA
> > Developing software for people with disabilities
> >
> >
>
> --
> John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer Abilitiessoft, Inc.
> http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> Madison, Wisconsin USA
> Developing software for people with disabilities
>
>
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John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer Abilitiessoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.com
Madison, Wisconsin USA
Developing software for people with disabilities
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