>However, doing that binds your model to the framework, which
>isn't good, IMHO.

Agreed, and in fact I implement a "light" (perhaps heretical)
version of Mach-II, to keep my application as independent of the
framework as possible.

>I'd personally recommend using a model build with CFCs behind
>your app - exactly the same model as behind the listeners in a
>Mach-II app.  And when I say "exactly" I mean "exactly,
>line-for-line identical".

Agreed again. When done right this is how it should work. And for
that matter, it shouldn't matter whether the model is implemented
in Java or CFCs.

Dave Jones
NetEffect


>Cheers,
>barneyb
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dave Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 5:12 PM
> > To: CF-Talk
> > Subject: RE: OT: Mach-II
> >
> > >...since Mach-II is exclusively for the presentation/controller.
> >
> > Really? I thought Mach-II was an MVC framework, not a VC framework.
> >
> > >If you build it
> > >right, you can scrap all your Mach-II code and replace it
> > with FB or the
> > >other way around, or any other pair of frameworks, and the
> > model needn't
> > >change a lick.
> >
> > Well, I think that's one of the benefits of a MVC architecture,
> > i.e. the ability to isolate the layers and swap out as needed.
> >
> > >I was originally really gung-ho about Mach-II, but my
> > excitement died out
> > >when I realized I could get almost exactly the same
> > functionality with
> > >FuseBox, without the complexity.
> >
> > Each to his own. I looked at FB3, didn't like it and never looked
> > at FB4. Mach-II is not perfect, but I think it's a nice cut at
> > designing a MVC-OO framework for CF development.
> >
> > Dave Jones
> > NetEffect
>
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