From: Pit Capitain <pit@...>
Date: 2006-09-28T23:04:11+09:00
Subject: Re: Multi-Module Alternative to the Factory Pattern?

Trans schrieb:
> I've been using a factory pattern for a set of packaging classes
> --classes that generate different package formats (eg. Debian, RPM,
> etc.), but it's not quite the right fit b/c it leads to repetition of
> the staging step. Yuk! So I think a better fit is to have one class
> (Packager) that calls on external modules (or classes) for each
> different format. But, unfortuately there are quite a few attributes
> needed by each from the Packager, and it's just doesn't seem right to
> pass that many variables. (...)

Tom, couldn't you pass the packager itself to the external modules and 
let them query the attributes they need?

Regards,
Pit