From: Ron Jeffries <ronjeffries@...>
Date: 2002-04-19T22:49:02+09:00
Subject: Re: Replacing groups of methods: How would *you* do this?

On Fri, 19 Apr 2002 12:43:40 GMT, "Hal E. Fulton" <hal9000@hypermetrics.com>
wrote:

>There is more than one way to do what 
>I am wanting to do. Probably the "right"
>way is one I haven't thought of yet.
>
>Suppose I have a class where I consider
>a number of methods "pluggable" or
>"disposable." (If you're curious, these are
>UI-oriented; I'm writing an app with alternate
>user interfaces.)
>
>At first I thought: I'll make a module with the
>methods in it, then include it at runtime if/when
>I choose to.
>
>But then I realized that module instance methods
>don't replace class instance methods. Hmm.
>
>So I thought: I can write replacement methods
>in the same class and put them in separate
>files which I then include.
>
>But I don't really want to use separate files.
>
>What do you think?

Why not the Strategy pattern?

Ronald E Jeffries
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