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Re: Really "BIG" class name wanted

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On 7/28/2011 3:20 AM, Ross wrote:
> I'm now building a centralised class for a whole lot of important
> functions in a program I'm writing. At present, there are too many
> "little" objects that are passed around to parts of the application.
> E.g. there's a "PropertyHandler" from/to which properties can be read/
> written. There's a global save/load object which can save and load
> various types of data items. There's an update notifier so that
> updates in one part of the application are sent to other parts of the
> application, either end of which might be plugins. Rather than have
> too many little object, I'd like to have one "BIG" object which stores
> all the little ones, and has methods such as "getPropertyHandler()",
> "getSaveLoadMediator()", "getPatchMediator()" etc. This will also
> simplify my interface for Plugins.
>
> But given the importance of this central class, I want a really "BIG"
> name for it. I could call it "BigMediator", or "ImportantObjects", but
> want a more impressive name. Just thought that calling it
> "TheCentralScrutinizer" might work, as well as being a tip of the hat
> to Frank Zappa. But particularly since this object will be important
> for any future plugin writers, I want a really good class name for it.
>
> Any suggestions?

One of the tests I use for my program design ideas is whether the thing
I'm thinking up has an obviously suitable name. Trouble thinking of a
name for a class or method is a warning sign that it may not be a really
good idea.

Patricia

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Really "BIG" class name wanted Ross <rossclement@gmail.com> - 2011-07-28 03:20 -0700
  Re: Really "BIG" class name wanted Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-07-28 03:38 -0700
  Re: Really "BIG" class name wanted Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-07-28 04:01 -0700
  Re: Really "BIG" class name wanted markspace <-@.> - 2011-07-28 06:35 -0700
    Re: Really "BIG" class name wanted Ross <rossclement@gmail.com> - 2011-07-29 05:28 -0700
      Re: Really "BIG" class name wanted markspace <-@.> - 2011-07-29 06:36 -0700
      Re: Really "BIG" class name wanted Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-07-29 15:55 +0200
      Re: Really "BIG" class name wanted Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-07-29 14:56 +0100
      Re: Really "BIG" class name wanted Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-07-29 15:08 +0100
      Re: Really "BIG" class name wanted Silvio <silvio@moc.com> - 2011-07-29 17:32 +0200
        Re: Really "BIG" class name wanted Silvio <silvio@moc.com> - 2011-08-01 13:47 +0200
      Re: Really "BIG" class name wanted lewbloch <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-07-29 09:25 -0700
      Re: Really "BIG" class name wanted lewbloch <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-07-29 23:08 -0700
        Re: Really "BIG" class name wanted Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2011-07-30 11:24 +0000
          Re: Really "BIG" class name wanted Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-07-30 06:10 -0700
            Re: Really "BIG" class name wanted Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-08-01 16:22 -0700
      Re: Really "BIG" class name wanted Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-07-31 02:29 -0700
      Re: Really "BIG" class name wanted Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-08-01 14:22 -0700
        Re: "$" in class names reserved [was: Re: Really "BIG" class name wanted] Wayne <nospam@all.invalid> - 2011-08-02 02:33 -0400
    Re: Really "BIG" class name wanted Ross <rossclement@gmail.com> - 2011-07-29 05:37 -0700
      Re: Really "BIG" class name wanted Bent C Dalager <bcd@pvv.ntnu.no> - 2011-07-30 22:42 +0000
        Re: Really "BIG" class name wanted thoolen <thoolen@tholenbot.thorium> - 2011-07-30 23:38 -0400
  Re: Really "BIG" class name wanted markspace <-@.> - 2011-07-31 20:32 -0700
  Re: Really "BIG" class name wanted Silvio <silvio@moc.com> - 2011-08-01 13:54 +0200

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