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Re: state design pattern: question: inner or outer class: which is better?

From	Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Re: state design pattern: question: inner or outer class: which is better?
Date	2011-11-30 14:04 -0800
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On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:22:47 -0800 (PST), Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com>
wrote:

[snip]

>As with non-inner nested classes, if the type is needed by any other class
 and its semantics are not tightly bound to those of the proposed
outer class, a standalone class is probably more appropriate.
>
>If the semantics are tightly bound to the proposed outer class, and the sprite 
state does not depend on the outer class instance's state, then a
      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
     I do not follow this.  Please explain.

 nested class might be appropriate.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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state design pattern: question: inner or outer class: which is better? John Goche <johngoche99@googlemail.com> - 2011-11-30 09:22 -0800
  Re: state design pattern: question: inner or outer class: which is better? Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-11-30 11:22 -0800
    Re: state design pattern: question: inner or outer class: which is better? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-11-30 14:04 -0800
      Re: state design pattern: question: inner or outer class: which is better? Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-11-30 14:28 -0800
        Re: state design pattern: question: inner or outer class: which is better? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-11-30 15:03 -0800
          Re: state design pattern: question: inner or outer class: which is better? Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-11-30 19:10 -0800
            Re: state design pattern: question: inner or outer class: which is better? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-11-30 19:23 -0800
  Re: state design pattern: question: inner or outer class: which is better? Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-12-02 01:47 -0800
    Re: state design pattern: question: inner or outer class: which is better? Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-12-02 07:27 -0800
  Re: state design pattern: question: inner or outer class: which is better? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-12-02 21:32 -0500

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