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Design Patterns Explained Error in Code Chapter 4

sean@... — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:51:54 GMT

Hello, I'm reading Design Patterns Explained and looking over the Java Code Fragments 4-1 and 4-2 they both refer to an object called "V1" but I think you mean

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Re: how to help future code inheritors?

Christopher Sage — Tue, 12 May 2009 20:27:02 GMT

I actually did the same thing in which two of us had to do a rewrite of some legacy code. He knew a lot about the domain and neither of us knew a lot about

Re: how to help future code inheritors?

Raoul Duke — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:04:36 GMT

... good points -- carrot vs. stick.

Re: oo question

Max Guernsey, III — Sun, 10 May 2009 23:07:18 GMT

That's a good example. I probably wouldn't have called out the continuum, even though it's there. I can't see the water in which I swim. If Scott had pointed

Re: oo question

Aeden Jameson — Sun, 10 May 2009 22:51:03 GMT

I believe I understand what a continuum is. What I'm curious about is how you would characterize the continuum and what your points would be. I'd like to

Re: how to help future code inheritors?

Jonas Andersson — Sun, 10 May 2009 17:56:08 GMT

Once on a No Fluff Just Stuff-seminar Venkat told a story about how he started out doing code review by just deciding with a collegue that they would team up

Re: oo question

Max Guernsey, III — Sun, 10 May 2009 04:36:55 GMT

I probably would have selected fewer points than him because I would not have thought to draw the distinction between encapsulation by instance and

Re: oo question

Aeden Jameson — Sun, 10 May 2009 02:42:45 GMT

... How would you characterize the contiuum? What would be your points? Thanks for your time, Cheers, Aeden

Re: oo question

Max Guernsey, III — Sun, 10 May 2009 01:16:00 GMT

Well. It is a continuum, right? Scott picked four points on said continuum. I might not have chosen the same points he did to exemplify the continuum, but

Re: oo question

Aeden Jameson — Sun, 10 May 2009 00:30:38 GMT

Ok, so I think I almost got it Un-encapsulated - Address is mutable for everyone ...By Instance - Address is mutable for everyone that has a reference to an

Re: oo question

Max Guernsey, III — Sun, 10 May 2009 00:08:26 GMT

The identity of the entity to which the address pertains. The fact that only objects with a reference to myAddress can access that instance's address field

Re: oo question

Aeden Jameson — Sat, 09 May 2009 20:39:17 GMT

I'm having a little trouble understanding the continum. i don't understand the difference in what's being encapsulated in the first two, un-encapsulated and

Re: oo question

Scott L. Bain — Sat, 09 May 2009 06:13:42 GMT

Man, that was remarkably well said, Amir... ... From: "Amir Kolsky" Sent: 5/8/09 9:00:47 PM To:

Re: oo question

Amir Kolsky — Sat, 09 May 2009 04:01:46 GMT

Hi Raoul. The question of inquisitive vs. assertive (ask vs. tell) is often in the eye of the beholder. The real question is not what Stuff you're having the