Yeah that's the idea, same as C's vistual methods. Since 2.5 the structure of the API is based on the DynObject, which provides generic child maintenance functions. Then each object implements the specificCreate, remove, and so on. This is nice because now we've got a DynAPI object, which may have one or several DynDocument objects, which may have several DynLayer objects, which may have several DynLayer childs, etc.... but the actions needed to add/remove all of these is basically the same, and you only need to implement a few lines of code regarding how to specifically create a layer, for example. Michael Pemberton wrote: > These methods are used throughout the widgets as new code is needed to be > placed in certain spots of the objects initialisation. In the beginning, these > are blank to allow for each type of object to inherit a blank method to begin > with. > > For example, code that needs to be added to the specificCreate method of a > DynDocument, is not the same as the code needed for the DynLayer. However, the > DynObject still needs this defined because it is executed by the Object's > initialisation code. > > I know this sounds confusing, but I think you are on the right track to making > more sense than me : ) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I am still a novice at the DynAPI 2 and have been slowly digesting the code > > piece by piece, I noticed in the DynObject code three "empty" functions. > > > > specificCreate() > > specificRemove() > > and invokeEvent() > > > > Can anyone tell me why there is no code defined for them, are they > > equivalent to virtual methods in C++ and hence the code is "overidden" in a > > "inherrited" object (for want of better words). > > > > Sid Young > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Dynapi-Help mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dynapi-help > > -- > Michael Pemberton > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ICQ: 12107010 > > _______________________________________________ > Dynapi-Help mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dynapi-help _______________________________________________ Dynapi-Help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dynapi-help
