OOP

Modularity problems with multiple dispatch (was: Scala and problemswith OOP)
Marshall schrieb: Very interesting. Can you expand on the difficulties that multiple dispatch brings to the question of composable modules? Assume you have a multi-dispatching function f (A, B) Now the author of class A creates a subclass A', and the associated function f (A', B) Likewise for... 11 Nov 2007 18:16

MVC in "Head First Design Patterns" - I am confused.
Hello I've been reading "Head First Design Patterns". I've written their example concerning MVC and I am very confused. According to the page 533 of HFDP the controller is supposed to be an observer. That's giving me a very strong confusion, sine according to the actuall code I can't see any way it is true. Here... 24 Dec 2007 01:07

[ANN] Free Session: In-the-Brain of Martine Devos on Agile Estimation & Planning
Our reputation as estimators, even when we use Agile methods, is bad. Agile methods provide useful techniques and practices for teams and their customers to improve accuracy without creating illusions of precision. Many of our estimation problems come from misunderstanding and miscommuncation about what estimates a... 10 Nov 2007 08:41

Invitation to free session: In the Brain of Roman Pichler on Lean Thinking London Nov 22nd
Free Session: In the Brain of Roman Pichler on Lean Thinking London Nov 22nd You apply Scrum and you use XP development practices. Great but what's next? How can you further improve the way software is created and delivered? The answer is Lean Thinking. Lean Thinking enables you to improve the enterprise beyond ... 10 Nov 2007 08:41

Call for Papers: The World Congress on Engineering WCE 2008
CFP: The World Congress on Engineering WCE 2008 From: IAENG - International Association of Engineers World Congress on Engineering 2008 Official WCE Congress Web Page: http://www.iaeng.org/WCE2008 WCE Important Dates: Draft Paper Submission Deadline: 6 March, 2008 Camera-Ready papers & Pre-registration Due... 10 Nov 2007 08:41

Decorator Pattern - Can I use it in this case?
Hi everybody, I'm getting my feet wet in Design Patterns, I have a question before I go any deeper. I have the following classes: ---------------------------------------------------- Folder (class that will need logging) File (class that will need logging) --------------------------------------------------... 10 Nov 2007 12:06

FINAL CfP, Reliable Software Technologies, Ada-Europe 2008
----------------------------------------------------------------------- FINAL Call for Papers 13th International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies - Ada-Europe 2008 16 - 20 June 2008, Venice, Italy http://w... 10 Nov 2007 08:41

UML unified modeling process
Can anyone give an example of UML with rational rose by an example of a simple business process without coding.I need only the diagram part ....I wanted to understand the unified modeling process with some business process examples. ... 10 Nov 2007 08:41

Distributed Stock distribution system (assignment)
I have to design a distributed stock distribution system for a nation- wide franchise.. so basically.. there's an HQ ..providing a couple of remote methods to outlet systems...allowing them to order equipment, stock etc Now my question is ..would it make sense to have some kind of trust between the HQ and the ou... 10 Nov 2007 08:41

Looking for a pattern
Hello, I am looking for a good pattern. I have a rather large software app that makes use of a service manager for its many services... configuration, colors, data lookup, units, etc. Up until now the service manager has been a singleton and anyone who wants access to a service just asks the singleton. Now ... 15 Nov 2007 02:44