Hi Sebastien, No I have not thought about that before, and it is an interesting idea indeed! I've been happy about some new features of the language, but I've been kinda conservative about a few of them, and partial classes has been one . I guess I'm getting old :)
Cheers Seref On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 10:35 PM, Sébastien Lorion < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 2:54 AM, Seref Arikan > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Let me just say that I do not feel comfortable about injecting business > > logic related code into generated ORM classes. Even if the generated code > is > > OO (which is true in your product's case:) I am not comforable with > adding > > behavior for purposes other than persistence to that code. Since > behaviour > > can not exist on its own in an OO context, this implicitly forces me to > > define domain objects as another set of classes. This leads to a > situation > > where I have two sets of classes that represent the same domain, but have > > different responsibilities. One set covers business requirements, the > other > > covers persistence. I know that they can be combined, but It feels > cleaner > > this way. > > > Before partial classes, adding custom business logic to generated > classes would have been out of the question, but have you considered > their use in your scenario now that they are available ? > > Sébastien > > =================================== > This list is hosted by DevelopMentor(R) http://www.develop.com > > View archives and manage your subscription(s) at > http://discuss.develop.com > =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor® http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com