I put up a copy of CanvasWiki at http://www.ooglossary.com/canvaswiki if you guys want to start adding definitions :). I really want to get something going where us nOObs can start learning the language.
Hope you guys find it (eventually) useful, and spread the word. I'll start filling in the little bits that I know over the next few days, and hopefully it can turn into a community resource of sorts for OO types (and those of us who'd like to be OO types)... Thanks, Dan > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Jared Rypka-Hauer > Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 11:53 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: SPAM-LOW: Re: [Reactor For CF] OO Glossary? > > Gateway: A CFC that contains SQL for selecting or deleting > multiple rows from one or several database tables. > > Transfer Object: An object that, in general, carries instance > data in its THIS scope instead of in it's variables scope. It > often has a validate() method to make sure the data is valid, > but it in general it can be looked upon as "a struct on > steroids" and is generally used to pass data from, for > example, a controller into a DAO to write data to the > databse, or a controller may set a TO based on data from a > DAO into an event object for display in a view (eg: > arguments.event.setValue("outputData",ReactorRecord.getTo())). > > You can sort of think of a TO as one of those South American > tree frogs that carries a million little baby frogs around on > it's back until they're big enough to go out on their own... > a VO (or Value Object) is sorta the same thing, though it may > be more like a marsupial in that it has a generic accessor > (like setValue()) but still keeps everything in the variables > scope whereas the TO has all it's data in THIS and a bean has > all its data in it's variables scope and discreet get/set > methods for each value. > > Is that the sort of thing you're looking for Dan? > > Thanks, > J > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------ > > Jared C. Rypka-Hauer > > Continuum Media Group LLC > > http://www.web-relevant.com > > Member, Team Macromedia - ColdFusion > > > > > "That which does not kill me makes me stranger." - Yonah Schmeidler > > > On Feb 21, 2006, at 12:51 PM, Daniel Short wrote: > > > Hi Ken, > > > You might want to check out Sean's Mach-II > Development Guide > (or at least bookmark it.) I found it quite > helpful when > first approaching OO. It's a good overview of > MVC as well as > event-driven architecture. And yes, I did have > to read it > many, many times before things started to > really sink in. ;) > > > http://livedocs.macromedia.com/wtg/public/machiidevguide/ > > > I've been through that once I think :), and had many of > the language issues > that I still have. Just simply not understanding a > concept wrapped up in a > single phrase (Gateway Object, Transfer Object, etc.) > > > Don't get hung up on the syntax if you aren't > going to use > Mach-II (though knowing more than one framework > is always a > Good Thing.) The concepts are what you're after. > > > Definitely, thanks for the reminder though :) > > > Of course, there's always Sun's Core J2EE > Patterns page, > which is sure to give you a nosebleed, but is > also worth bookmarking. > > > http://java.sun.com/blueprints/corej2eepatterns/Patterns/index.html > > > Not sure Daniel-san's ready for that yet :). > > Dan > > > > > > -- Reactor for ColdFusion Mailing List -- [email protected] > -- Archives at > http://www.mail-archive.com/reactor%40doughughes.net/ > > > > > -- Reactor for ColdFusion Mailing List -- [email protected] -- Archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/reactor%40doughughes.net/
