Landon, If the method is only to be used by that class then make it a private method on the class.
If the method requires the class and is something related to operating on that class make it a public method on the class. If the method is something that could be used by many classes and is not really related to a specific class make it a static method on a utility class. Another case for this is if operate on objects from a 3rd party library and creating a subclass wouldn't make sense. Paul Sunburned Surveyor wrote: > I've got a general question about Object-Oriented Programming that I > run into sometimes, and I thought some of the programmers on this list > would have some insightful comments. > > When you are designing a class, how do you decide when a method > belongs to the object under design, or when it belongs in another > class? > > For example, I usually place methods that modify an object, but that > do not require "internal state" for their own behavior in a utility > class. (This class usually contains only static methods.) I put all > other methods in the class under design. > > What other reasons might there be to move a method from the class > under design to another class? Are there some design principles that I > can follow? > > Thanks, > > The Sunburned Surveyor > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Jump-pilot-devel mailing list > Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Jump-pilot-devel mailing list Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel
