OOP

Creating Full Name from given, initials, sn, when some mightbe null
Responding to Ssg31415926... This forum is usually concerned with OOA/D issues rather that tactical coding practices in particular OOPLs, so you might get a better answer in the appropriate language or programming forum. But as long as we're here... I have three attributes: givenName, initials and sn (sur... 27 Feb 2007 12:09

Question About Builder Object
Hello Group !! I'm newbie in Design pattern. I'm using Builder pattern for my application. i want to know that can Concrete builder have their own private function which can be called by public function which concrete builder has to implement.. or concrete builder can only have the public function .. ... 28 Feb 2007 09:28

normalization != bad performance (was: Relational-to-OOP Tax)
Jerry Coffin wrote: <snip> The relational model is a bit like the ISO 7-layer model for networks. Each makes a great reference model and in theory, each should work perfectly well. OTOH, real implementations of either are few and far between. The few that do make the attempt all share one character... 28 Feb 2007 02:27

Scenario Frequency Battle (was: Relational-to-OOP Tax)
"topmind" <topmind(a)technologist.com> writes: Patrick May wrote: B. That is not that common in my experience. Your experience has been demonstrated to be extremely limited. Bullshit. In previous discussions you have made it clear that your experienc... 27 Feb 2007 01:59

Creating Full Name from given, initials, sn, when some might be null
I have three attributes: givenName, initials and sn (surname) - one or more could be null but not all three. I have to create a displayName attribute from as many of the three as are present, with spaces separating them. E.g. givenName = Bob initials = <empty> sn = Smith should produce Bob Smith whereas ... 28 Feb 2007 13:11

Call for Papers with Extended Deadline: 2007 International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practice (SERP'07), June 25-28, 2007, USA
Extended Paper Submission Deadline: March 4, 2007 The 2007 International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practice (SERP'07) Date and Location: June 25-28, 2007, Las Vegas, USA Academic Sponsors: Research Labs at MIT, Harvard, Purdue, Univ. of Texas at Austin,... 26 Feb 2007 12:52

Call for Papers with Extended Deadline: 2007 International Conference on Foundations of Computer Science (FCS'07), June 25-28, 2007, USA
Extended Paper Submission Deadline: March 4, 2007 The 2007 International Conference on Foundations of Computer Science (FCS'07) Date and Location: June 25-28, 2007, Las Vegas, USA Academic Sponsors: Research Labs at MIT, Harvard, Purdue, Univ. of Texas at Austin, ... U... 26 Feb 2007 12:52

Social networks
This is sort of off topic, but I could not think of a better forum to place the question. I'm searching for good white papers on social networks from an OO angle. Interested in both advocacy and implemenations. The problem is that there are so many. Almost as I need to implement some collaboratie filtering in or... 26 Feb 2007 09:11

It's the Psychology, Stupid (Was: The reality of Topmind)
Jeff Brooks wrote: topmind wrote: OO is being forced down our throats without first proving itself. It's hype ruined good table-oriented tools that used to be fairly common. Topmind, we have had this conversation about two years ago. You say OO doesn't have proof. I ask for proof that support... 4 Mar 2007 16:16

Complicated Frameworks (was: Relational-to-OOP Tax)
panu(a)nospam.com wrote: topmind wrote: Many OO frameworks are *unnecessarily* complicated IMO. This is probably true. It's often easier to create a complicated framework than a simple, streamlined one. - Panu Viljamaa I've been leaning toward what I call "helpers" instead of all- encomp... 25 Feb 2007 23:37