On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 10:18 AM, Jan Frühwacht <ewatc...@googlemail.com>wrote:
> So indexing just moves the processing time to the beginning instead of > runtime object resolution and creates the flattest hierachy. > Is that right ? > Pretty much. I wouldn't say it *moves* the processing time to the beginning -- indexing is nothing more than caching select features of a traversal. Also, indexing doesn't change your hierarchy at all -- but if you capture path information in your index it lets you pretend you've flattened your hierarchy -- lookups become O(1). -- To view archived discussions from the original JSMentors Mailman list: http://www.mail-archive.com/jsmentors@jsmentors.com/ To search via a non-Google archive, visit here: http://www.mail-archive.com/jsmentors@googlegroups.com/ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to jsmentors+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
