Kevin Menard <kmenar..ervprise.com> wrote:
> If you got this far, thanks. I know it was a bit long-winded, but I
wanted
> to provide context with the problem and a possible solution. Any
thoughts?
I've got no thoughts on this specific problem, but a general rule of OOP is
"tell, don't ask."
You generally end up with better code if you tell another object to perform
a task rather than query it for parameters, tell it to do something else,
and then query it for the results.
Or at least that's what I read on Martin Fowler's website last week :)
Beats me if it's even relevent to your question :)
http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/ppllc/papers/1998_05.html
http://www.martinfowler.com/articles/mocksArentStubs.html
-Mike
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