Re: Existence of objects

2013-05-06 Thread YT
Oh yeah - da- the MVC This past week I've been totally focused on learning how to write code that uses the Quartz 2D library and so totally forgot the MVC design pattern. Plus I've read about the MVC pattern it in the docs but have not configured one myself in Cocoa. That was a good

Re: Existence of objects

2013-05-06 Thread Jens Alfke
On May 5, 2013, at 11:33 PM, YT y...@redwoodcontent.com wrote: This past week I've been totally focused on learning how to write code that uses the Quartz 2D library and so totally forgot the MVC design pattern. Plus I've read about the MVC pattern it in the docs but have not configured

Re: existence of objects

2013-05-06 Thread Kirk
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Existence of objects

2013-05-05 Thread YT
Not sure how to ask this question. In some thread an object is created with a set of methods. Lets call this object objA. Later in time another objected is created perhaps in another thread (not sure if this note is relevant). Lets call this object objB. Now objB needs to call a method in

Re: Existence of objects

2013-05-05 Thread Quincey Morris
On May 5, 2013, at 21:43 , YT y...@redwoodcontent.com wrote: In some thread an object is created with a set of methods. Lets call this object objA. Later in time another objected is created perhaps in another thread (not sure if this note is relevant). Lets call this object objB. Now

Re: Existence of objects

2013-05-05 Thread YT
Regarding there must be a reference to objA stored somewhere I kinda figured as much - BUT - was hoping there might be another way especially since there are those OO purists that condemn the use of any sort of globalness. What I have is a view within the main window that is a Quartz 2D

Re: Existence of objects

2013-05-05 Thread Quincey Morris
On May 5, 2013, at 22:24 , YT y...@redwoodcontent.com wrote: What I have is a view within the main window that is a Quartz 2D graphical thing and I want to have a set of UI elements that a user interacts with to change the graphical presentation. Well the UI elements are in the Delegate