Mike I don't know how helpful this particular resource is but at least it looks promising it has a PDF on the factory and singleton (what your DAO would be since only one of its kind would exist in the applicaiton).
http://www.patterndepot.com/put/8/Creational_Patterns.htm here is an article specifically about the abstract factory pattern: http://www.developer.com/java/other/article.php/6260 i just grabbed these via googling, and honestly, I didn't read much of them to make sure they help - I'm just assuming. Good luck! Bill On 11/13/05, Mike Kear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Right, Sean, and I should have changed it in my last post too. Sorry > everyone. > > But since this subject line is about factory patterns, does anyone know a > not-too-technical place where I can go to learn about it, preferably on > line? > > A short while back, I posted some code that I asked for opinions about, and > BIll Rawlinson was kind enough to give me a very detailed rundown on what he > thought. Almost line by line. Amazing how much detail he went into and I'm > very grateful to him. As I work through the suggestions he made and work > out what I'm going to do about each one, I come to the following: > > [quote] > Well, overall it looks pretty good. I'd probably instantiate your DAO into > application scope so you don't have to create it all the time and add a > factory component that handled that for you as well as provided the DAO to > you when you needed it. > [/quote] > > > That seems like a very worthwhile suggestion to me, and now I need to learn > more about it. I have a pretty fair idea of what it all means, but in order > to produce working code, I need to know more than "a fair idea". > > Can anyone point me to a (preferably free!) resource where I can learn the > detail about this? > > Cheers > Mike Kear > Windsor, NSW, Australia > Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer > AFP Webworks > http://afpwebworks.com > ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month > > On 11/10/05, Sean Corfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > Change the dang subject line! This has *nothing* to do with factory > patterns! > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > 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). > > An archive of the CFCDev list is available at > www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://blog.rawlinson.us If you want Gmail - just ask. ---------------------------------------------------------- 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). An archive of the CFCDev list is available at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
