On Apr 7, 2008, at 10:36 AM, Mike Schrag wrote:

I'd expect the instanceof check will be much more efficient than catching an exception.
By far ...

From an OO design point of view, I'd add a billsOfMaterial() method to the Part class that simply returns NSArray.emptyArray. ManufacturedPart will then override this to return the correct result for a ManufacturedPart.
Ew gross ...

By far one of my favorite technical arguments.

If it's not an attribute of all Parts, then from an OO design standpoint it shouldn't be on Part. I agree if your argument is based on "the convenience of being able to call billsOfMaterial on the entire array," though.

Yeah, I'm getting the impression that there's no really "ungross" OO way to do this. I think this and instanceOf are equally "gross" because if I add other classes that have a billsOfMaterial() relationship, then I'd have to remember to come here and add it to the list of things instanceOf checks.

I think I'll go with adding the billsOfMaterial() method to Part because then I can use this same logic in more places without having to write the instanceOf check every time.

Still seems not right, but it's easier. =:-0

Dave



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