Re: NSWindowController, owner, "primary window"...
Re: NSWindowController, owner, "primary window"...
- Subject: Re: NSWindowController, owner, "primary window"...
- From: j o a r <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:24:57 -0700
On Aug 21, 2008, at 10:12 AM, Negm-Awad Amin wrote:
Probably because the GoF prefers combination over (?) subclassing.
Subclassing always discloses parts of the implementation of a class.
("white-boxing") So generally it is a good idea, to look for
alternatives for subclassing, esp. delegates.
You are right in that Cocoa programmers often look to other design
patterns before choosing to subclass one of the framework provided
classes. That said, NSWindowController is one of the classes in Cocoa
designed and intended to be subclassed, so that's not a consideration
in this particular case.
j o a r
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| | >NSWindowController, owner, "primary window"... (From: Gerd Knops <email@hidden>) |
| | >Re: NSWindowController, owner, "primary window"... (From: Ken Thomases <email@hidden>) |
| | >Re: NSWindowController, owner, "primary window"... (From: Gerd Knops <email@hidden>) |
| | >Re: NSWindowController, owner, "primary window"... (From: Graham Cox <email@hidden>) |
| | >Re: NSWindowController, owner, "primary window"... (From: Negm-Awad Amin <email@hidden>) |