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Re: Design Delima

Mon, 16 June 2003 21:58

John Marasco

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If it's not too late for suggestions you could define a <component> class that contains an array of <sub component> classes. The <sub component> classes are based on a virtual <basic component> class that provide methods like IsShield, IsArmor, IsComputer, PrimaryValue, SecondaryValue, etc... The <component> class will contain a function to parse the array and return pertinent parameters from the various <sub component> classes. Disk storage could be via XML, which would mirror the in memory structure. The <component> class could even have generic GetArmor, GetShield, GetComputer, GetJamming, GetManeuverJet, etc... methods built into it to parse and find the basic <sub component> variables and then more generic methods for future <sub component> types. You could build all this functionality into the <component> class (like you suggest) which is the equivalent of the multi-inheritance component class. The trouble is that you cannot strip off individual component objects and pass them to other functions unless you actually have "sub components" to strip off.

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		Design Delimma By: LEit on Fri, 13 June 2003 15:26
		Re: Design Delima By: gible on Fri, 13 June 2003 20:47
		Re: Design Delima By: boneandrew on Mon, 16 June 2003 20:42
		Re: Design Delima By: LEit on Mon, 16 June 2003 21:35
		Re: Design Delima By: John Marasco on Mon, 16 June 2003 21:58
		Re: Design Delima By: LEit on Mon, 16 June 2003 23:28
		Re: Design Delima By: John Marasco on Tue, 17 June 2003 20:16
		Re: Design Delima By: LEit on Wed, 18 June 2003 13:09
		Re: Design Delima By: John Marasco on Wed, 18 June 2003 19:57
		Re: Design Delimma By: JeffMC on Thu, 26 June 2003 00:59
		Re: Design Delimma By: Ptolemy on Fri, 26 March 2004 07:07
		Re: Design Delimma By: LEit on Fri, 26 March 2004 13:09
		Re: Design Delimma By: Ptolemy on Fri, 26 March 2004 14:21
		Re: Design Delimma By: multilis on Fri, 09 April 2004 13:42
		Re: Design Delimma By: Ptolemy on Sat, 10 April 2004 02:00
		Re: Design Delimma By: Ashlyn on Sat, 10 April 2004 02:07
		Re: Design Delimma By: Ptolemy on Sat, 10 April 2004 02:10
		Re: Design Dilemma By: Ashlyn on Sat, 10 April 2004 02:19
		Re: Design Delimma By: multilis on Sat, 10 April 2004 11:15
		Re: Design Dilemma By: overworked on Sat, 10 April 2004 12:41
		Re: Design Dilemma By: multilis on Sat, 10 April 2004 13:38
		Re: Design Dilemma By: Kotk on Sun, 11 April 2004 13:15
		Re: Design Delimma By: LEit on Sun, 11 April 2004 14:57
		Re: Design Delimma By: Kotk on Mon, 12 April 2004 06:29
		Re: Design Delimma By: LEit on Tue, 13 April 2004 15:04
		Re: Design Delimma By: multilis on Tue, 13 April 2004 15:32
		Re: Design Delimma By: Ptolemy on Tue, 13 April 2004 15:49

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