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List:       kde-kuml-devel
Subject:    Re: Class Creation and storage using ClassFactory and ClassRepository
From:       Jake Fear <fear () dtai ! com>
Date:       1999-11-30 18:21:45
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Your naming convention looks good.  I will begin by modifying the
ClassFactory and ClassRepository to accomodate these changes as they are
ultimately the backend for this storage and recovery mechanism.  If
repostiories become needed for objects/associations/etc.. (I'm not sure
they will be needed, the classes and diagrams might be a more
appropriate place for that information) they would be simple to create.
A tree structre will be needed to implement this, and a "Package" class
will need to be written.  I will start tonight by writing the Package
class, and possible starting the repository/factory modifications. From
there we will need to create views for these data structures.
Cheers,
Jake

p_george wrote:
> 
> Jake Fear wrote:
> 
> >    You may have noticed some new Classes in CVS, so I thought I would take a
> > moment to state their intention.  The ClassFactory will (at some point) become
> > the only way to obtain a Classes object as the Classes constructors will get
> > restricted access.  This allows the ClassFactory to ensure that no duplicate
> > class names are used in a given workspace (UML packages still need to be
> > implemented to give this full flexibility).  The ClassRepository holds all
> > classes that have been created at any given time, and gives access to those
> > classes with String keys and also via an iterator.
> 
> I don't know much about this problem, but a good key string to identify
> an object (not only a class) could be something like
> 
> "package_name_n. [...] .package_name_1.name_of_object"
> 
> , as even a package may belong to another package.
> 
> Maybe a tree structure could be used ?
> 
> In fact kuml lacks package support for the moment.

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