> In most cases the 'model' isn't much more than > a collection of dumb value objects without complex relationships.
Lach, Have you seen Alex Uhlmann’s Dashboard Example - “How Business Logic Can Manage Views”? You'll find links here: http://cairngormdocs.org/blog/?p=20 I'm not sure that it addresses the main thrust of your concern, but it does talk about using more than "a collections of dumb value objects"... Douglas ------------------------------------------------- Douglas McCarroll CairngormDocs.org Webmaster http://www.CairngormDocs.org Flex Developer http://www.brightworks.com 617.459.3840 ------------------------------------------------- Ralf Bokelberg wrote: > > Good point. Lately we started to put more complex objects into the > model locator. But as soon as you do this, you want to call their > methods from the view directly and also encapsulate some of the > cairngorm event dispatching in there. It doesn't really feel > cairngorm. Therefore i'm also interested in other solutions. > > Cheers, > Ralf. > > On 12/2/06, Lachlan Cotter <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:lachlan.cotter%40couchdesign.com.au>> wrote: > > Something that troubles me about the Cairngorm architecture is the > > apparent lack of any proper domain model. Although it is argued that > > the domain model actually exists on the server and that the Flex > > client is essentially a view, I have always found it necessary to > > construct some kind of object graph of the domain on the client as well. > > > > I have two concerns regarding this. > > > > First, I have never seen examples or discussion of Cairngorm that > > deals with this issue. In most cases the 'model' isn't much more than > > a collection of dumb value objects without complex relationships. > > > > Second, and more importantly, pretty much all the logic of Cairngorm > > apps seems to reside in the Command and Delegate classes with not > > much to speak about in the actual model. It seems to be the Commands > > that end up manipulating the application data directly, and I'm a > > little uncomfortable with this. > > > > I think Cairngorm's a good method for managing code and iterative > > development, but I'm not sure about how well it does encapsulation > > and MVC. > > > > Anyone care to discuss? > > > > Cheers, > > Lach > > > > > > -- > > Flexcoders Mailing List > > FAQ: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt> > > Search Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > <http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > -- > Ralf Bokelberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:ralf.bokelberg%40gmail.com>> > Flex & Flash Consultant based in Cologne/Germany > > -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
