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Re: Using main from abstract class in concrete class

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Andreas Leitgeb <avl@logic.at> writes:

> Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> wrote:
>> Andreas Leitgeb <avl@logic.at> writes:
>>> Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> wrote:
>>>> I do something like that now:
>>>>     public class SQLite3 extends SQL {
>>>>         // ################ main
>>>>         public static void main(final String[] args) throws SQLException {
>>>>             SQL.mainWork(SQLite3.class.getCanonicalName(), args);
>>>>         }
>>> Why not change "mainWork" such, that it accepts a Class ref directly,
>>> rather than the canonical name?
>>>
>>> Maybe even simpler would be to have it accept a SQL ref and just pass
>>> it: new SQLite3()
>>
>> The idea is that mainWork is always called from the main of a class.
>
> Yes, that was already pretty clear from your example snippet.
>
> But even a static method of a subclass *can* create an instance of
> its own class (and also of any other accessible class):
>
>   public class SQLite3 extends SQL {
>       // ################ main
>       public static void main(final String[] args) throws SQLException {
>           SQL.mainWork(new SQLite3(), args);
>       }
>
> and SQL.mainWork would be declared as taking (SQL sqlSubInstance,
> String[] args)

There is some checking done in mainWork. But I could put that in a
separate function and call this from the main and return this to the
main. It makes the mains a little bigger, but removes not that clear
code from mainWork.
Something to implement.


> If you expect that your abstract class will need to create more
> instances of the relevant subclass, then using the factory pattern
> might be preferable to repeated .forName'ing.

At the moment that does not seem very likely. The main function is
only for some simple functions. For example I use it with SQLite to
check the lock status of databases.


>>> You might want to add "protected", so that derived classes even in
>>> other packages can still call it.  "protected" is more permissive than 
>>> default access.
>>
>> Is there a good reason to want derived classes in another package?
>
> In some earlier posts you expressed your intention to make your class
> also usable for others.
>
> If someone else wanted to derive from your abstract SQL class, they
> probably wouldn't want to put their derived class in a package starting
> with nl.decebal., but probably rather in a package reflecting their
> own domain.

That is a good point. I will change it.

-- 
Cecil Westerhof
Senior Software Engineer
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilwesterhof

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Using main from abstract class in concrete class Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2017-08-13 11:47 +0200
  Re: Using main from abstract class in concrete class Andreas Leitgeb <avl@logic.at> - 2017-08-13 10:59 +0000
    Re: Using main from abstract class in concrete class Andreas Leitgeb <avl@logic.at> - 2017-08-13 11:38 +0000
  Re: Using main from abstract class in concrete class Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2017-08-13 15:43 +0200
  Re: Using main from abstract class in concrete class Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2017-08-13 10:32 -0400
    Re: Using main from abstract class in concrete class Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2017-08-13 10:37 -0400
    Re: Using main from abstract class in concrete class Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2017-08-13 17:17 +0200
      Re: Using main from abstract class in concrete class Andreas Leitgeb <avl@logic.at> - 2017-08-17 18:56 +0000
        Re: Using main from abstract class in concrete class Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2017-08-18 06:37 +0200
          Re: Using main from abstract class in concrete class Andreas Leitgeb <avl@logic.at> - 2017-08-18 19:48 +0000
            Re: Using main from abstract class in concrete class Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2017-08-18 23:37 +0200
              Re: Using main from abstract class in concrete class Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2017-08-19 01:32 +0200
  Re: Using main from abstract class in concrete class Joshua Cranmer 🐧 <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2017-08-13 12:03 -0500

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