Re: OOP - a question about database access

"Paul Vernon" <paul.vernon_at_ukk.ibmm.comm> might (or might not) have written this on (or about) Mon, 17 Nov 2003 19:22:19 -0000, :

>"Bob Badour" <bbadour_at_golden.net> wrote in message
>news:xPSdnQQCLvchdjOiRVn-gg_at_golden.net...
>> "Alain Javier Guarnieri del Gesu" <nntp_at_ajgdg.com> wrote in message
>> news:slrnbqtmlr.euq.nntp_at_ajgdg.com.invalid...
>> > Perhaps in the world databases and buisness applications, OO is
>> > nothing special. I was simply curious if you felt that notions like
>> > encapsulation, polymorhism, aggregation, and inhertience have had
>> > their day.
>>
>> Encapsulation: Physical and logical independence have great importantance
>> and I foresee no change to reduce their importance.
>
>Agreed, but do the OO guys understand it as no more that just that?

No, there are those of us who think that polymorphism is even more important than encapsulation.

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