Re: Mixing OO and DB

David Cressey wrote:

> "topmind" <topmind_at_technologist.com> wrote in message
> news:11fde848-94cc-4bc4-9df9-3c105c2366b7_at_s8g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
>

>>What OO designs often do is *funnel* the view a given app developer
>>has. (It can be done without OO also, but that's another topic.)
>>They'll have an Employee object/class and the rules of encapsulation
>>say: "These are the methods and the *only* methods you can use to
>>access the Employee object. All Employee operations must go through
>>them".  Any new operations require going through the Interface Police
>>(who go by various job titles, such as Chief Architect).

Are you sure they aren't big endians versus little endians?

> Incidentally, DBAs or Data Architects can become Stalinists just as easily
> as Chief Architects.

Absolutely. Received on Mon Mar 03 2008 - 23:36:19 CET