Re: [Alephmodular-devel] Some questions on defining CFileType

[Woody Z. I. <woo...@sb...>]

Now it's my turn to not follow you so well.  :)

Perhaps you could illuminate your thinking with a more specific 
example?  (e.g., what's in the Marathon2Type interface?  What's in the 
MapType interface?  Explain about the is_a hierarchy.)

Woody


On Wednesday, January 29, 2003, at 09:07  AM, Br'fin wrote:

> On multiply typed elements
> After a quick bit of thinking, do we have need for types with multiple 
> attributes? And how should that be handled? For instance, a 
> CMarathon2MapType is both a CMapType and a CMarathon2Type. I take this 
> to mean two possible implementations:
>
> 1) CMarathon2MapType is a direct subclass of CFileType and implements 
> IMapType and IMarathon2Type interfaces.
>
> 2) The is_a hierarchy is maintained in a different way. Like real 
> attributes on the object.
>
> I admit, on typing I'm trying to figure out if the class is 
> C<whatever>Type and is essentially a singleton. What is a decent way of 
> referring to one specific type or another?
>
> A CFileTypeFactory that offers GetTypeFor("<whatever>") with a hash or 
> dictionary within?
>
> -Jeremy Parsons
>
>
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