Yes, I believe that is exactly the point Kurt and Shannon are making and, yes, that's why it makes perfect sense to them (and, taking my horns and tail off for a minute, I found the "Record" suffix annoying when I first started using Reactor for exactly this reason).
As Doug says, I'd like to hear more about how they handle collections / iterators etc. On 3/24/06, Jared Rypka-Hauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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? -- Reactor for ColdFusion Mailing List -- [email protected] -- Archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/reactor%40doughughes.net/
