From: bbense+comp.lang.ruby.Sep.26.02@...
Date: 2002-09-27T04:36:24+09:00
Subject: Ruby program design question ( Pattern or AntiPattern ?)

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- - I find myself repeating this kind of pattern over and over
  again. I'm wondering if it's a good sign or a bad one. Here's
  the pattern. 

  Write a simple generic ruby class to interface to something. 

  In a specific program, write a Wrapper class that essentially
  has the same methods as the simple class, but includes a lot
  of program specific cruft... More specifically, it does not
  subclass the original class. 

- - I think this is good in that I get to reuse the simple class
  over and over again, but I'm wondering if I'm just not making
  my simple classes generic enough. This pattern fits my design
  style of "bottom-up" programming, but I can see it getting 
  very redundant once you get beyond a certain level of
  complexity. It suggests to me that I need to rexamine something
  but I can't figure out what to start looking at.  

- - Booker C. Bense 

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