23 Feb
2008
23 Feb
'08
7:28 p.m.
Hello--
Newbie here. :-)
I'm writing a Json visitor for a project and I'd like to stream
MAFileModel on it but I'm at a loss about how to proceed.
For most simple descriptions, streaming the value is just a matter of
rendering the value according to the description using the normal
visitor pattern. However, MAFileModel is a full-blown class and
doesn't have a corresponding description to guide the process.
What would be the most interesting path here: add the required
descriptions to the classes or just go ahead and stream the
attributes?
It seems to me that the second options make the Json visitor to
tightly coupled to the MAFileModel class. On the other hand, adding
the descriptions may not be that interesting because it would mean
changing a Magritte base class.
Any suggestions?
Thanks. :-)
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Ronaldo Ferraz
http://log.reflectivesurface.com
23 Feb
23 Feb
10:03 p.m.
For most simple descriptions, streaming the value is
just a matter of
rendering the value according to the description using the normal
visitor pattern. However, MAFileModel is a full-blown class and
doesn't have a corresponding description to guide the process.
Yes, MAFileDescription is sort of a primitive type, mainly because in
the user interface it appears as a single upload/download field.
What would be the most interesting path here: add the
required
descriptions to the classes or just go ahead and stream the
attributes?
I guess it would make sense to add these descriptions as a class
extension. This is one of most useful techniques of Magritte, that you
can attach new descriptions to any class in the system. I use this all
the time.
It seems to me that the second options make the Json
visitor to
tightly coupled to the MAFileModel class. On the other hand, adding
the descriptions may not be that interesting because it would mean
changing a Magritte base class.
I don't know if it makes sense to add these descriptions to the core
at the moment?
Cheers,
Lukas
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Lukas Renggli
http://www.lukas-renggli.ch
24 Feb
24 Feb
12:40 a.m.
Hi, Lukas--
Yes, MAFileDescription is sort of a primitive type,
mainly because in
the user interface it appears as a single upload/download field.
That makes sense. In fact, the way I was using it until now it didn't
matter but I will have to keep a little more state for the new
functionality I'm developing, hence the question.
I guess it would make sense to add these descriptions
as a class
extension. This is one of most useful techniques of Magritte, that you
can attach new descriptions to any class in the system. I use this all
the time.
I'm a bit new to Smalltalk/Squeak/Magritte terminology and I'm not
sure what class extensions mean. May I bother you for a small example
and a pointer for more explanations?
I don't know if it makes sense to add these
descriptions to the core
at the moment?
That's what I thought but I was wondering about the tight coupling.
But as you mentioned, it's likely class extensions will fit what I
need--if and when I understand them. :-)
Cheers,
Ronaldo
9:17 a.m.
I guess it
would make sense to add these descriptions as a class
extension. This is one of most useful techniques of Magritte, that
you
can attach new descriptions to any class in the system. I use this
all
the time.
I'm a bit new to Smalltalk/Squeak/Magritte terminology and I'm not
sure what class extensions mean. May I bother you for a small example
and a pointer for more explanations?
2:27 p.m.
Ah, I see. I was already using that but my lack of familiarity with
the terms led me to think it was something else. :-)
By the way, is there a way to add instance variable using this method?
I won't need them for this particular case but I can't find any
information about that and I'll need it for another part of the
application.
Thanks again for the help. I hope you don't mind my eventual cluelessness. :-)
Cheers,
Ronaldo
On 2/24/08, Lukas Renggli <renggli(a)iam.unibe.ch> wrote:
This is when you add a method to a foreign class. In your case, your
own package adds some description methods to the foreign class
MAFileModel. To tell Monticello that these methods belong to your code
and not to Magritte-Core you put them into a protocol (method
category) named *mypackagename.
Does that help?
Lukas
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Ronaldo Ferraz
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I guess it would make sense to add these descriptions
as a class
extension. This is one of most useful techniques of Magritte, that
you
can attach new descriptions to any class in the system. I use this
all
the time.
I'm a bit new to Smalltalk/Squeak/Magritte terminology and I'm not
sure what class extensions mean. May I bother you for a small example
and a pointer for more explanations?
4:02 p.m.
By the way, is there a way to add instance variable
using this method?
I won't need them for this particular case but I can't find any
information about that and I'll need it for another part of the
application.
No that is not possible, unfortunately. Most Magritte/Pier objects
however include a property dictionary for exactly that reason.
Lukas
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4:21 p.m.
Okay. Thanks for the answers. I believe I now know where I'm going. :-)
Cheers,
Ronaldo
On 2/24/08, Lukas Renggli <renggli(a)iam.unibe.ch> wrote:
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Ronaldo Ferraz
http://log.reflectivesurface.com
By the way, is
there a way to add instance variable using this method?
I won't need them for this particular case but I can't find any
information about that and I'll need it for another part of the
application.
No that is not possible, unfortunately. Most Magritte/Pier objects
however include a property dictionary for exactly that reason.
Lukas
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4:24 p.m.
Okay. Thanks for the answers. I believe I now know where I'm going. :-)
Cheers,
Ronaldo
On 2/24/08, Lukas Renggli <renggli(a)iam.unibe.ch> wrote:
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Ronaldo Ferraz
http://log.reflectivesurface.com
By the way, is
there a way to add instance variable using this method?
I won't need them for this particular case but I can't find any
information about that and I'll need it for another part of the
application.
No that is not possible, unfortunately. Most Magritte/Pier objects
however include a property dictionary for exactly that reason.
Lukas
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http://www.lukas-renggli.ch
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9:38 p.m.
Me and my questions again. :-)
Altough adding descriptions would not make sense to the core, would it
make sense to change MAFileModel into a MAObject? That would make it
easier to build extensions on top of it.
Cheers,
Ronaldo
On 2/23/08, Lukas Renggli <renggli(a)iam.unibe.ch> wrote:
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Ronaldo Ferraz
http://log.reflectivesurface.com
For most
simple descriptions, streaming the value is just a matter of
rendering the value according to the description using the normal
visitor pattern. However, MAFileModel is a full-blown class and
doesn't have a corresponding description to guide the process.
Yes, MAFileDescription is sort of a primitive type, mainly because in
the user interface it appears as a single upload/download field.
What would be the most interesting path here: add
the required
descriptions to the classes or just go ahead and stream the
attributes?
I guess it would make sense to add these descriptions as a class
extension. This is one of most useful techniques of Magritte, that you
can attach new descriptions to any class in the system. I use this all
the time.
It seems to me that the second options make the
Json visitor to
tightly coupled to the MAFileModel class. On the other hand, adding
the descriptions may not be that interesting because it would mean
changing a Magritte base class.
I don't know if it makes sense to add these descriptions to the core
at the moment?
Cheers,
Lukas
--
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http://www.lukas-renggli.ch
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10:56 p.m.
Altough adding descriptions would not make sense to
the core, would it
make sense to change MAFileModel into a MAObject? That would make it
easier to build extensions on top of it.
The idea of MAFileModel is that you can easily subclass it to provide
your own strategy to store and retrieve the file. MAFileDescription
takes the #kind: as an argument, so you can tell it what class to
instantiate.
Maybe you can give an example, why you need to add new values to the
existing MAFileModel subclasses?
Cheers,
Lukas
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Lukas Renggli
http://www.lukas-renggli.ch
25 Feb
25 Feb
1:02 a.m.
Sorry to reshash the subject but part of the problem has to do with
the multiple versions (thumbnaills, etc) of a file that I mentioned
briefly in the Seaside list.
i went to subclass MAFileModel but realized that because I was using a
memory representation in development to make things easier to test and
an external representation in development, I'd have to choose to
subclass only one and use it always.
Maybe I should not be bothered so much but I wondered if it wouldn't
be more interesting to keep the memory and external representations
similar.
But I was thinking about it after I sent the e-mail and maybe it would
be more interesting to write a new type of description to handle that.
I don't know, however, how that would play with the rest of the
system. I believe Magritte makes it easy to design new descriptions,
right?
Anyway, I'm new to Magritte so maybe my models are not as well
designed as they should be. Any ideas wil be appreciated.
Cheers,
Ronaldo
On 2/24/08, Lukas Renggli <renggli(a)iam.unibe.ch> wrote:
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Ronaldo Ferraz
http://log.reflectivesurface.com
Altough adding
descriptions would not make sense to the core, would it
make sense to change MAFileModel into a MAObject? That would make it
easier to build extensions on top of it.
The idea of MAFileModel is that you can easily subclass it to provide
your own strategy to store and retrieve the file. MAFileDescription
takes the #kind: as an argument, so you can tell it what class to
instantiate.
Maybe you can give an example, why you need to add new values to the
existing MAFileModel subclasses?
Cheers,
Lukas
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http://www.lukas-renggli.ch
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