Re: Best Way® to test for existence of a relationsh ip
Re: Best Way® to test for existence of a relationsh ip
- Subject: Re: Best Way® to test for existence of a relationsh ip
- From: Bob Stuart <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 09:34:59 -0400
Try catch seems expensive to me. Why not just check with
if (aPart instanceof ManufacturedPart){
do something with aPart.billsOfMaterial()
}
At 9:12 AM -0400 4/7/08, David Avendasora wrote:
Hi all,
This is more of a Java question than a WO-specific one
I have an Inheritance structure in my app:
Part (abstract Superclass)
RawMaterial (subclass of Part)
ManufacturedPart (subclass of Part)
I have an NSArray of Parts that could be, RawMaterial instances,
ManufacturedPart instances, or most likely, a mixture of the two.
I want to iterate through the Array and get the contents of the
Part.billsOfMaterial() (toMany) relationship. The problem is that
while ManufacturedParts have this relationship, RawMaterials do not.
Right now, I'm using a try-catch block that catches the exception on
RawMaterial.billsOfMaterial() and just ignores it.
I could also add a billsOfMaterial() method to the RawMaterial class
that simply returns NSArray.emptyArray.
Is one way better than the other for any reason?
Thanks,
Dave
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