Option 3! Always opt to use event based architecture. It promotes loose coupling of your components. Although it might be a bit more code, you will be able to use BouncingBall within many games, or other applications.
On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 10:02 AM, Merrill, Jason < [email protected]> wrote: > >>*Option 3:* I create a custom event, dispatch that event, and create a > >>listener in MyGame rather than call a function directly. > >>I'm guessing this is the best way to go theoretically, and will allow me > to > >>reuse my BouncingBall object in other applications, but it's a lot of > extra > >>code, and I constantly worry about not property cleaning up event > listeners. > > > Hands down, your option 3 is what you should do. So what if it's some > extra code? It's the right way to accomplish this. Your object should not > target and call methods in other classes outside of it, that's extremely > tight coupling, which is bad. > > So have your bouncing ball sprite dispatch a custom event, have the other > class listen for that same custom event and do whatever logic you want, like > call another method. It's not messy if you keep your code clean. It just > takes practice of doing this a lot before you realize an architecture > emerges in your coding you are familiar with. I think its even messier to > do option 1 or 2, if that makes you feel any better. > > > Jason Merrill > Bank of America Instructional Technology & Media ยท Learning > Performance Solutions L&LD > > Interested in Flash Platform technologies? Join the Bank of America Flash > Platform Community > Interested in innovative ideas in Learning? Check out the Innovative > Learning Blog and subscribe. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > -- Cheers, Nate ---------------------------------------- http://blog.natebeck.net _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
