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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:
>> 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()
>
> There is certainly more than one way to Rome.

The idea is that mainWork is always called from the main of a class.
But I can always ponder about this possibility.
Also I probably make AbstractSQL a concrete class named SQLWrapper.


>> I renamed main in the abstract class SQL to mainWork and removed
>> public.
>
> 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.

It is something to think about. Is there a good reason to want derived
classes in another package?


I am thinking about changing AbstractSQL to SQLWrapper (and removing
abstract) and letting SQLWrapper be called with a URLPrefix, so it can
be used for databases where there is no concrete class for yet.


There are databases that can use in memory databases. For example
sqlite3 uses :memory:. I first had testDB.sqlite as database to test.
I am thinking about changing it to :memory:. Is that good enough, or
should I always check also for a stored database?

For sqlite3 I need to use (also) a ‘real’ database anyway, because I
need to check the lock functionality.


I have unit tests to test AbstractSQL, SQLResultSet and SQLStatement
(the classes I so far defined). I test those classes with the SQLite3
class. Is that good enough, or should they be tested with every
concrete class?

-- 
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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