On Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 06:37:28AM -0800, Glen Mazza wrote: > Team, > > Does anyone have a problem if I worked towards > removing the initialize() method from our > LayoutManager interface? The relatively few cases in > our LM subclasses where we are using it each appear to > show that they can initialize themselves -- the method > is currently only being used to query traits from an > already available FObj, so the need for external > initialization isn't apparent to me. > > I'd rather we move towards subclass-specific > initialize() methods for those LM subclasses that need > them (currently, appears to be about zero), with > comments added as to why external initialization is > preferable for those LM's. This would help in better > understanding the layout process.
I think it is a hook for doing those initialization actions which for some reason cannot be done in the constructor. I have no idea which actions that could be. If you can move all required actions for a new LM object into the constructor, I have no objection to the removal of this method. Regards, Simon -- Simon Pepping home page: http://www.leverkruid.nl
