On 2012-09-16, at 12:22 PM, Pascal Robert wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I'm going to add some stuff (MS Exchange and CarDav support…) to ERGroupware
> in the next couple of months and I'm wondering how I should construct the API.
>
> Each groupware do mostly the same (adding events, getting a list of contacts,
> etc.), the main difference is how they do it. For example, CalDav is an
> extension of WebDav + XML for the body, and MS Exchange is using SOAP.
>
> So I was thinking of the following:
>
> - Using interfaces for common methods (createFolder, fetchEvents, etc.) and
> have a store (MSExchangeStore, CalDavStore, etc.) that will implements those
> interfaces.
Interfaces, definitely.
>
> or
>
> - Using a type to specify the kind of store we will connect to. For example,
> when constructing a CalendarStore, the constructor will ask for a type
> (MSExchange, etc.) and the addEvent method will check the type of store to
> call the corresponding method to add the event in the asked store.
I think you would be better off with a factory method that returned and
CalendarStore sub-class specific to a type:
CalendarStore cs = CalendarStoreFactory.calendarStroreFor("MSExchange");
Chuck
>
> or
>
> - Using interfaces + delegates.
>
> Any input?
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