> Say, I have a list of users. I would create a userList ArrayCollection and 
> stick that into the model (bindable and all that).
> Now, this ArrayCollection is actually a bunch of User objects.
> I would therefore put the User class into the model package, and not in the 
> vo package.

> Are you saying you would call this a UserVO and place it in the vo package?

Yup.

> This goes back to my "definition" of VO: objects that are sent across the 
> wire.
> So my reasoning was that if you send something across the wire and it's not 
> "part of the model", then it should be in the vo 
> package.

My definition would be more along the lines of: bindable, typed data object 
(which may or may not get sent across the wire).

regards,
Muzak

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jorge Maiquez" <jmaiq...@yahoo.com>
To: <flexcoders@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 10:30 PM
Subject: RE: [flexcoders] cairngorm convention: vo or model?


>> don't belong in the model package though, that's where the model belongs, 
>> not data classes
>
> Erhm, then maybe I don't know what a model is :-)
>
> Say, I have a list of users. I would create a userList ArrayCollection and 
> stick that into the model (bindable and all that). Now, 
> this ArrayCollection is actually a bunch of User objects. I would therefore 
> put the User class into the model package, and not in 
> the vo package.
>
> Are you saying you would call this a UserVO and place it in the vo package?
>
> Thanks for the response btw!
>

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