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Requring static class setter to be called before constructor, bad design?
I have a class, say Foo, and every instance of Foo will need and contain the same List object, myList.
Since every class instance will share the same List Object, I thought it would be good to make ...
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Should I put utility methods inside a class?
I have been working on a library which contains a large set of functions. For the sake of simplicity, I am going to use just one set as an example.
I am not sure which is the better way, in terms of ...
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Factory-Class versus Static Class
I've got a little problem in choosing the best design.
I have some (5 at the moment) image processing operations in my coe (Java). Every processing step independent from the other ones and consoists ...
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substitute for static inheritance
I currently have a number of classes (~20) that all do the same thing (abstractly), namely, generate an instance of a particular class from an xml file.
The way that they use the content of the xml ...
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Static or non-static?
For example I have these two classes:
First
public class Example
{
public Example()
{
}
public int ReturnSomething
{
return 1;
}
}
Second
public class Example
...
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JavaScript static methods retrieval
I have been thinking about it and wanted some feedback, recently I thought about doing it like this:
function foo(){
if ( !foo.prototype.statics ){
foo.prototype.statics = {
// ...
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Immutable vs mutable object as returned parameter for class method [closed]
There is a class method (static method) in which I create and build some object. And for filling that object, I create it as mutable object.
My mutable object is a subclass of immutable object. So ...
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What is a static method compared to instance/class/private/public methods?
I'm learning programming in Objective-C and I can't understand what a static method is. I know what class/instance/private/public methods are. Can someone explain what it is using an example and ...
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How to implement syntax sugar in OO
The Problem
I regularly find myself writing the same code over and over again.
For example if I want a value from a nested array structure I end up writing something like this:
$config = ...
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OO PHP static keyword, should I use it?
I'm writing script for fb and I have 3 objects that I'll be using through all classes. I'm wondering if there is any advantage in using the static keyword except I don't have to create an instance ...
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“static” as a semantic clue about statelessness?
this might be a little philosophical but I hope someone can help me find a good way to think about this.
I've recently undertaken a refactoring of a medium sized project in Java to go back and add ...
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Syntactic sugar in PHP with static functions
The dilemma I'm facing is: should I use static classes for the components of an application just to get nicer looking API?
Example - the "normal" way:
// example component
class Cache{
abstract ...
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Why don't inherited methods use child properties? (PHP)
I'm trying to get the code below to work in child classes. But it keeps failing because it is checking the basicDbClass rather than the child class.
For those complaining and voting my question down ...
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Could implicit static methods cause problems?
This is a purely hypothetical question.
Say I create a class method that contains no references to instance variables or other resources. For example (C#):
protected string FormatColumn(string ...
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Using static in PHP
I have a few functions in PHP that read data from functions in a class
readUsername(int userId){
$reader = getReader();
return $reader->getname(userId);
}
readUserAddress(){
$reader = ...
