Hi,
since no one answer for while, I'll give it shot..
Originally posted by Thomas Heiss:
1. Is there any way for me to get around the multiple dbLocation constructor passing from the left to the right class?
E.g 1 Application (main) - 2 ServerImpl - 3 RemoteDatabaseImpl - 4 BusinessImpl - 5 Data (implements DBMain) - 6 RandomAccessFile
How could ServerImpl.init() create 3, 4, 5 and 6 without having to pass around the database location path from constructor to constructor?
e.g ServerImpl.init(): new RemoteDatabaseImpl(dbLocation).
in RemoteDatabaseImpl(String) constructor: new BusinessImpl(String).
and then over to Data to RandomAccessFile.
There seems to be much coupling.
What is the purpose of RemoteDatabaseImpl ? and BusinessImpl ? From their name, I would have assumed the other way around.
Is RemoteDatabaseImpl the object accessed by the Client later on ? Could it be called RemoteBusinessImpl rather ?
==> Do you see opening a database very different than other "operations" such as "booking"
The way I saw it, opening a database was an operation just like booking, retrieving records...
The Business class would then offer methods such as "openDB, book, getContractors..".
1.1 So BusinessImpl CAN ONLY use use the DBMain interface provided by SUN, which does not provide openDatabase(String) or initDatabase(String).
This does not mean it is bad to add other methods. I myself implemented Data as a Singleton, so I had to add
getInstance(String dbFile) and changed the constructor to
private In the end, my Data can still be handled as a DBMain. If I were to pass its reference to another object, it could use it as a DBMain..
2. How may SUN even auto test (JUnit test or concurrency test) the Data class when they do not know how to open the database with it (which may be different implemented per assignment)?
I'm assuming that they still need a minimal effort to setup a correct instance of your Data, then they can run it through their unit test.
DBMain is an Interface, so in the end, you need to instantiante an class implementing it..
Basically, if you implement DBMain and your code compile, your respecting the contract.. The
java compiler will make sure of that, If you see what I mean.
3.2 OR (maybe like the Spring container does as central configuration point):
I'm not see a major different with this piece of code, you still set the database file in the Data constructor. The only difference is your BusinessImpl is coupled with Data instead of a String/dbFile. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Please comments and we can discuss more
Regards,
Alex
[ March 04, 2008: Message edited by: Alex Belisle Turcot ]