[CFCDev] inheritance advice

[Paul]

I’m experimenting with inheritance… I’ll try to be concise explaining what I’m up to…   My app contains Pages, Modules, Categories and Products, all objects that are quite similar.  Each is used to generate a static page to display in the browser, and each has common attributes (ie meta_keywords, filename, template_id etc.)  The only difference really is in the way they get their actual content; pages fetch simple html from the database, categories fetch and display their associated products, and a product fetches its description etc.  Modules actually read xml config files to build very specific content – store locator functionality and the like.   So am I on track to assume I can have my Modules, Categories and Products extend Pages?  Then I just overwrite the getContent() function to suit the specific needs?    If that much makes sense, how to I handle nested templates?  For example a Page uses a Template to render itself, as do the other objects mentioned.  But a Category will have a Template of type Page (to render the browser page) and also a Template of type Category (to determine the way its products should render on the page).  Similarly, a Product needs a Page Template as well as a Product Template.   It scarcely makes sense to me, so if I need to clarify let me know…   (By the way most of the conversation on this list goes over my head so use small words and speak slowly… ;))   Thanks,   Paul ---------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email to cfcdev@cfczone.org with the words 'unsubscribe cfcdev' as the subject of the email. CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported by CFXHosting (www.cfxhosting.com). CFCDev is supported by New Atlanta, makers of BlueDragon http://www.newatlanta.com/products/bluedragon/index.cfm An archive of the CFCDev list is available at www.mail-archive.com/cfcdev@cfczone.org