Yes, I had considered a base coupon class with a subclass for each coupon
type. But being new to OOP, I get stuck at implementing the classes. 
 
Would I put coupon instances into a coupon struct in the shopping cart and
then iterate over them when I call a calcTotal method? If so, how would I
then apply the single item coupon to the correct item? I was thinking it
might be more appropriate to put the single-item coupon in the corresponding
CartItem object, but then I don't think this would work for multiple-item
coupons (i.e. buy one, get 2nd at NN% off), or would it?
 
Thanks for the advice.
 
Jim McMullen
Devlab, Inc.
 
 
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Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 10:10 AM
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Subject: RE: [CFCDev] Help with OO Model for Shopping Cart


I'd personally model the coupon as a separate object, and maybe extending a
default discount object. The discount object is always calculated on
checkout and this enables you to do multiple discount types using
inheritance. Not only coupons, but also customer specific discounts. 
Micha Schopman 
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Jim McMullen
Sent: woensdag 23 maart 2005 15:58
To: [email protected]
Subject: [CFCDev] Help with OO Model for Shopping Cart
 
I have a typical CFC-based shopping cart (ShoppingCart object holds a struct
of CartItem objects). This works well and I have no real problem with it.
 
However, I now need to implement a pretty robust coupon/discount
functionality into the app, and I can't seem to figure out how to do it. I
need to allow for four types of coupons: 
 
(1) Whole order coupon (NN% off entire order)
(2) Single item coupon (NN% off this item)
(3) Multiple item coupon (buy one (or two), get the 2nd (or third) NN% off)
(4) Free item coupon (buy this item, get a free toaster)
 
I think I can figure out how to model a single coupon type, but as I'm an
OOP newb, figuring out how to model and implement the whole range has got my
head spinning.
 
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
 
Jim McMullen
Devlab, Inc.
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