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List:       kde-pim
Subject:    Re: [Kde-pim] About non-gregorian calendar systems
From:       Frans de Wet <Frans () de-Wet ! com>
Date:       2002-02-27 5:41:52
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I agree that this really looks like a good solution.  I am trying to make 
sense of it and use it now ;-) hehe  

This is why I enjoy active mailing lists!

Frans

On Tuesday 26 February 2002 15:16, Cornelius Schumacher wrote:
> On Tuesday 26 February 2002 18:33, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> > hi..
> >
> > > All code uses the abstract CalendarSystem interface. There is only
> > > one place, where the specifig GreogrianSystem or ChineseSystem is
> > > used, when the object is instantiated (based on user selection).
> >
> > if you provided a factory method that returns an object of the
> > correct CalendarSystem subclass based on a QString identifier, then
> > you would alleviate the need for Frans to haveany knowledge of the
> > specific subclasses in his code.
> >
> > provide a seperate factory method to return a QStringList (or
> > whatever) of all available CalendarSystem types so that the user can
> > be presented with their choices, and this would allow one to write a
> > calendar interface without ever worrying about what the various
> > systems are.
> >
> > something like:
> >
> > class CalendarSystem
> > {
> >  public:
> >   static CalendarSystem* calendarFactory(QString system);
> >   static const QStringList& availableSystems();
> > }
> >
> > this would also allow for the future addition of calendarSystem
> > plugins that are loaded are run time.
> >
> > just a thought from my early morning brain ... =)
>
> This is a good one :-)
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