On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 03:30:11PM -0400, Derek Atkins was heard to remark:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Linas Vepstas) writes:
>
> > On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 02:49:40PM -0400, Derek Atkins was heard to remark:
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Linas Vepstas) writes:
> > >
> > > > OK, what I was thinking of was more along the lines of having something like:
> > > >
> > > > static LoadObjectDef setters[] = {
> > > > { ACCOUNT_NAME_, LOAD_STRING, (Setter)xaccAccountSetName },
> > > > { ACCOUNT_DESCRIPTION_, LOAD_STRING, (Setter)xaccAccountSetDescription },
> > > > { ACCOUNT_NOTES_, LOAD_STRING, (Setter)xaccAccountSetNotes },
> > > > };
> > >
> > > Ahh, I see what you mean here. I don't think I want the "load-string"
> > > per se, but adding a "setter" to the object definition would be a
> > > reasonable first step.
> >
> > OK, Great. Yes, I glossed the details (like 'whats the sql table name',
> > and etc.) but I'm pretty sure that this is what I really want to have
> > at the lowest levels.
>
> Remember that there are two things going on here. The gncObject
> interface is not all-encompassing, although if we had the setters as
> well as getters then we could use it to create a dynamic UI for each
> object. A nice pipe-dream, but not one I care about right now.
Well, I figure its something that Matthew needs to care about, right?
Its what would be needed to make adding business objects easier.
> I am mostly serious about it. I think that a "gnucashd" really does
> make a LOT of things easier. It would imply a single application
Look, I don't want to sound like I'm against it; I did try to write a
gnucashd myself at one point, using the xml infrastruture, before
the 'lets redesign from scratch' camp gratuitously broke the xml code.
But I was doing it because I thought there were some neat web-integrated
things one could do. I just don't buy the 'it makes things easier'
claim. I can see that it makes some serialization issues potentially
easier, depending on your design, but I can think of other issues coming
up.
Besides, the pg backend 'works' today; it doesn't have business object
support, but I'm thinking that with 'setters', it might not be hard to
add business object support.
> Matthew's work
Well, I suspect that this is really what we are talking about, isn't it?
--linas
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