Parent-child Design Pattern
Parent-child Design Pattern
- Subject: Parent-child Design Pattern
- From: Martin Hewitson <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2011 21:12:25 +0200
Dear List,
This is a question about choosing the correct design pattern for a particular application. This application is generic enough that I can describe it by a simple parent-child model.
Suppose I have a model object Parent which contains an array of Child objects.
Then I have a ParentView object and a corresponding ParentViewController. The controller has a reference to the Parent and to the ParentView and so can act as a data source for the view. So far, so good.
What I'm unsure about is, how to deal with the children objects. I will, in principle, have a ChildView. This raises some questions:
1) Should I have a ChildViewController class?
2) Where do I keep the array of ChildView classes? In the ParentView? And how do I ensure that each ChildView is associated with the appropriate Child object?
3) If I do have a ChildViewController class, where should I keep the array of these? In the ParentViewController?
I can see a complicated spagehti system arising here. Suppose I don't only have a Parent-Child system, but a deeper tree (A contains an array of B, each B contains an array of C, etc), how should one extend the scheme?
I'm guessing this is a generic enough situation that there exists a best-practice for handling it. For some reason, I can't arrive at it myself, so far. Any hints, keywords or clues would be well received.
Best wishes,
Martin
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Martin Hewitson
Albert-Einstein-Institut
Max-Planck-Institut fuer
Gravitationsphysik und Universitaet Hannover
Callinstr. 38, 30167 Hannover, Germany
Tel: +49-511-762-17121, Fax: +49-511-762-5861
E-Mail: email@hidden
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