Ariel Constenla-Haile wrote:
> Hello,
>
> thanks to Dietemar question concerning the complex toolbar, I read once
> again the Dev's Guide chap. about add-ons/ProtocolHandler.
>
> There is advised NOT to "simply return itself in the queryDispatch()
> implementation. But ... to return specialized helper dispatch objects
> instead of the protocol handler instance. This helps to decrease the
> complexity of status updates."
>
>
> Is this still valid ("still" == the Dev's Guide is getting too old too
> soon, there is a lot of old code there)? I ask because the plug-in, by
> default, returns the protocol handler instance. So if is still true, I
> will take this advise.
Well, keeping the dispatches separate first is a matter of style.
Listeners should be a private implementation detail of an object/Service
and shouldn't be exposed to introspection. If you don't care for this -
the code will become more complicated but from memory I don't recall a
case where it didn't work.
Ciao,
Mathias
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