In this case, I think the 'it depends' hinges on what that ignored field is. In any case, A.x's elements are going to have field e in them. The question is whether both A and B are refering to the same P entities. If so, then you should use a single P object. If they're different entities, then you'd want P and P'.
The way to handle P.e depends on what it is. When you say 'sometimes' P needs an 'e' property, what do you really mean? What I'm getting at is whether P needs an 'e' property, or if P needs a place for 'e' extensions to hang (composition), where e is actually another object that is composed into P. That make any sense? cheers, barneyb On 9/15/05, Douglas Knudsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Say I have object A. A has a property x. x is an Array of object P. > P has properties m,n. Now I create a new object B that has a property > y where y is an Array of object P. But in B's case, P needs an extra > property e. > > Is it common to create two differnt P objects in this case? Or just > create one P with properties m,n, and o when A uses P it can just > ignore o. > > I know, common response is 'It depends'. I'm just looking to see if > there is a "watch out this approach will muck things up usually" or > "seems ok". In my case P is an object with Empoyee information. > Sometimes it needs to have say 3 properties, other times 4. > > > -- > Douglas Knudsen > http://www.cubicleman.com > this is my signature, like it? > > -- Barney Boisvert [EMAIL PROTECTED] 360.319.6145 http://www.barneyb.com/ Got Gmail? I have 100 invites. ---------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] 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/[email protected]
