Re: Dictionaries or custom class containing no methods?
Re: Dictionaries or custom class containing no methods?
- Subject: Re: Dictionaries or custom class containing no methods?
- From: Trygve Inda <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 16:16:28 -0700
- Thread-topic: Dictionaries or custom class containing no methods?
> Doesn't seem weird to me, I do it all the time. One advantage of using a
> custom class over a dictionary is that the compiler knows what's expected of
> it, while a dictionary is just a black box.
>
>
> On Jun 17, 2014, at 3:21 PM, Trygve Inda wrote:
>
>> I need to store a large collection of settings (not application preferences,
>> but parameters describing how complex data is to be displayed) and am
>> looking for pros/cons as to the best way.
>>
>> At the top I have a class called MySettings. Within this I need to have
>> groups of related settings. They can either be NSMutableDictionary or a
>> custom class containing properties, but no methods.
>>
>> @interface MySettings : NSObject
>> {
>> MySettingsAppearance* appearance; // size, graphic style etc.
>> MySettingsColors* colors; // colors for different elements
>> MySettingsLocations* locations; // array of data
>>
>> ... About 8 more like these ...
>> }
Would you use a class-naming scheme like I have outlined?
Trygve
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