I'll back up Kris on that one. In my experience, the result of Map based domain models isn't pretty.
It depends on what you're doing. I'm sure there are places where it works well, but it's certainly the exception, not the rule. Cheers, Clinton On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 16:46:05 +0000, Kris Jenkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> This is just one reason why I always recommend using JavaBeans for 99% > >> of your work. Maps are inconsistent, unpredictable, not typesafe and > >> slow. > > > > Hm. > > I acctualy feel the other way, that 99% of time, Collections > > implementations such as Map and List are good. > > This way you can be loosley coupled. > > I used to like Beans, but have moved to collections, ( I learned from > > MM Flex.) > > > :-/ That doesn't sound like loose coupling to me - that sounds like > throwing away type safety. By that logic, Perl would be inherently > loosely coupled, which it isn't. > > -- > Kris Jenkins > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Blog: http://cafe.jenkster.com/ > Wiki: http://wiki.jenkster.com/ > >
