Jared Rypka-Hauer said the following on 3/24/2006 10:47 AM: > I think what I'm realizing is that (consider a User Reactor object) > you see getFirstname() (returns string), getLastname() (returns > string), and getAddress() (returns Address) or getUserRole() (returns > UserRole) as being the SAME KIND OF OPERATION. They're getters that > return properties from the User bean... whereas getAddressIterator() > returns a utility object that isn't a straight-up getter for a simple > or complex property of the object... is this a correct summary of your > perspective? > > From THAT PERSPECTIVE, I suddenly see why it makes sense to you... you > don't see methods like getFirstnameString() or getZipCodeNumber() so > why see methods like getAddressRecord()... right? > > Am I on the right track here? > > Laterz, > J Jared, if I'm tracking the thread right - that's the same thing I'm thinking. Naming getFirstNameString() is just silly/redundant/etc -- because of that getAddressRecord() seems semantically wrong to me. If I want an address bean, I want to call get getAddress or getPhone or getAdmin.
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