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Re: Document-Based Application


  • Subject: Re: Document-Based Application
  • From: Quincey Morris <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 21:09:50 -0700

On Jul 26, 2009, at 20:39, David Blanton wrote:

I have 22 file types, each with its own C++ methods for extracting its data.

Now, I could use just one subclass of NSDocument and in the

- (BOOL)readFromData:(NSData *)data ofType:(NSString *)typeName error:(NSError **)outError

method do a case statement on typeName BUT I think it would be cleaner to subclass NSDocument for each of my file types and override only the read and write methods.

If the *only* reason for making separate subclasses is the code to extract the data, I don't see any great advantage. You need 22 pieces of code, and it's probably easier for housekeeping purposes to keep them all in one place than to spread them around. (But separate subclasses would be in no way wrong.)


If there are other behavioral differences, then it might make more sense to use different subclasses.

HTH IMO FWIW


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