Yes, Andrea, you'r right.

Tom

At 07:47 15.11.01 -0800, you wrote:

>+1, but this pattern is usually called "delegation", not forwarding,
>isn't it?
>
>   Andrea Vicentini
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Thomas Singer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 15:34
>Subject: Re: [Eap-features] Forwarding
>
>
> > +1
> >
> > Indeed, the forward-ability is very powerful, because you are
>allowed to
> > hide more implementation details.
> >
> > Tom
> >
> > At 14:04 15.11.01 +0000, you wrote:
> > >Hi,
> > >
> > >Would it be possible to add composition, where inheritance might
>be
> > >inappropriate.
> > >
> > >For example if I want my class to behave like most of a collection
>class,
> > >I could embed a ArrayList inside my class.  I could then
> > >select generate wrapper or forwarding, and from the methods I
>choose have
> > >code generated to forward the methods onto the private
> > >instance variable.
> > >
> > >class MyCollection {
> > >     private ArrayList col = new ArrayList();
> > >
> > >     // generate ...
> > >     public void add(Object a) {
> > >         col.add(a);
> > >     }
> > >
> > >     ....
> > >}
> > >
> > >This would be extermely useful for decorator like patterns where
>behaviour
> > >is being added selectively to some methods.
> > >
> > >There could also be an option to just generate all.
> > >
> > >Thanks,
> > >
> > >Duncan Godwin
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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