Re: [Modus-devs] Collections of content objects and performance

[Sean A C. <se...@co...>]

On Thursday, Oct 31, 2002, at 15:38 US/Pacific, Jeremy Firsenbaum wrote:
> I'd like to think that if it's not a simple value then it should be an=20=

> object

Agreed!

> I would do the latter, put the handle attribute in the collection=20
> description. Which brings me to a nagging issue I have with OO in=20
> general - objects returning=A0collections of themselves.=A0Is it =
really=20
> "clean" to have a getAll() method in basecontentobject? I see this=20
> kind of thing all of the time in Java programs and it always makes me=20=

> cringe.

Yup. Legal but *ugly*...



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