On 2006-06-13 09:25:41 -0400, "erk" <eric.kaun_at_gmail.com> said:
>> |App Modules|<------|SQL MODULE(S)|
>>
>> This means that the SQL modules can be modified or replaced without
>> affecting the application at all.
>>
>> This kind of dependency management and detail isolation is the essense
>> of object oriented design.
>
> Abstraction and encapsulation can't just be waved about without
> thinking about their application. For example, in the above dependency,
> what if you need to share data among several different applications? In
> that case, why should the SQL modules (the data to be shared) depend on
> specific application modules? What if those modules are replaced?
The SQL modules don't hold the data to be shared. They simple access
that data. Morevoer they access it for the specific application.
Other applications will implement them in different ways in order
access the same data.
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Received on Tue Jun 20 2006 - 12:08:48 CDT
