I think this is a bit of an OOD type question. I'm developing a project for managing structured news content that is currently done with the separate tools for different type of news.
I've created a front end I am fairly happy with that allows me to define the structure of each of the news types and a form for entering and editing the specific content is generated. I then see using a DAO concept for storing the content, currently in XML files. But I'm stuck in the middle on a "Preview" requirement that shows the content formatted as it will be displayed. The trouble I'm having is with taking the form data and structuring it. I envision this as a function of the DAO. Is this a good assumption? If it is, how do I use the DAO to structure the data for the preview step, before it is ready to be committed to data storage? Or is this more a function belonging to a different layer? Should I create a separate function to convert the form data to the storage structure? Do I do this once and send the converted data to the DAO for committing after the preview or send the unstructured form data to the DAO for formatting and storage? Is any of this understandable? -------------- Ian Skinner Web Programmer BloodSource www.BloodSource.org Sacramento, CA --------- | 1 | | --------- Binary Soduko | | | --------- "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" - Cynthia Dunning Confidentiality Notice: This message including any attachments is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete any copies of this message. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:266092 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
