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Re: Accessibility of suBclass-fields from suPERclass (reflection)

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From	Josip Almasi <joe@vrspace.org>
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Subject	Re: Accessibility of suBclass-fields from suPERclass (reflection)
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On 08/17/2014 01:54 PM, Eric Sosman wrote:
> On 8/17/2014 6:51 AM, Josip Almasi wrote:
>> On 08/17/2014 02:22 AM, Eric Sosman wrote:
>>> On 8/16/2014 6:37 PM, Andreas Leitgeb wrote:
>>>> Overall-operations, (e.g. resetting all values of a given subclass
>>>> instance) are done from Base-class by use of reflection.
>>>
>>>      Why by reflection?  Why not by a reset() method, abstract in
>>> the superclass?
>>
>> Because it means coding in each subclass?
>
>      Hmmm.  I suppose that would be a possible objection, but it
> seems kind of far-fetched.  Nobody seems too terribly upset about
> writing a separate equals() for every subclass that needs one;
> why should a reset() method be more objectionable?

Because, equals() is called very often, and reset() is not.

>      Awful thought: A subclass that inherits equals() from its
> superclass, where the superclass' equals() implementation uses
> reflection to inspect the subclass' innards ...

;>

I know of two classes of problems that reflection solves mighty fine:
1) persistence
2) networking
I suppose anything else solved by marshalling is case for reflection.

Regards...

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Accessibility of suBclass-fields from suPERclass (reflection) Andreas Leitgeb <avl@auth.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2014-08-15 00:58 +0000
  Re: Accessibility of suBclass-fields from suPERclass (reflection) Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2014-08-15 15:20 -0700
    Re: Accessibility of suBclass-fields from suPERclass (reflection) Steven Simpson <ss@domain.invalid> - 2014-08-16 00:11 +0100
      Re: Accessibility of suBclass-fields from suPERclass (reflection) Andreas Leitgeb <avl@auth.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2014-08-16 00:10 +0000
  Re: Accessibility of suBclass-fields from suPERclass (reflection) Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2014-08-15 23:26 -0400
    Re: Accessibility of suBclass-fields from suPERclass (reflection) Andreas Leitgeb <avl@auth.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2014-08-16 08:46 +0000
      Re: Accessibility of suBclass-fields from suPERclass (reflection) Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2014-08-16 12:27 +0200
        Re: Accessibility of suBclass-fields from suPERclass (reflection) "Chris Uppal" <chris.uppal@metagnostic.REMOVE-THIS.org> - 2014-08-16 13:37 +0100
          Re: Accessibility of suBclass-fields from suPERclass (reflection) Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2014-08-16 09:47 -0400
          Re: Accessibility of suBclass-fields from suPERclass (reflection) Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2014-08-17 13:19 +0200
        Re: Accessibility of suBclass-fields from suPERclass (reflection) Andreas Leitgeb <avl@auth.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2014-08-16 22:37 +0000
          Re: Accessibility of suBclass-fields from suPERclass (reflection) Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2014-08-16 20:22 -0400
            Re: Accessibility of suBclass-fields from suPERclass (reflection) Josip Almasi <joe@vrspace.org> - 2014-08-17 12:51 +0200
              Re: Accessibility of suBclass-fields from suPERclass (reflection) Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2014-08-17 07:54 -0400
                Re: Accessibility of suBclass-fields from suPERclass (reflection) "Chris Uppal" <chris.uppal@metagnostic.REMOVE-THIS.org> - 2014-08-17 13:44 +0100
                Re: Accessibility of suBclass-fields from suPERclass (reflection) Andreas Leitgeb <avl@auth.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2014-08-17 17:42 +0000
                Re: Accessibility of suBclass-fields from suPERclass (reflection) Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2014-08-18 20:45 -0400
                Re: Accessibility of suBclass-fields from suPERclass (reflection) Andreas Leitgeb <avl@auth.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2014-08-20 18:47 +0000
                Re: Accessibility of suBclass-fields from suPERclass (reflection) Josip Almasi <joe@vrspace.org> - 2014-08-18 17:19 +0200
            Re: Accessibility of suBclass-fields from suPERclass (reflection) Andreas Leitgeb <avl@auth.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2014-08-17 18:04 +0000
              Re: Accessibility of suBclass-fields from suPERclass (reflection) Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2014-08-17 15:24 -0400
                Re: Accessibility of suBclass-fields from suPERclass (reflection) Andreas Leitgeb <avl@auth.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2014-08-17 21:35 +0000
      Re: Accessibility of suBclass-fields from suPERclass (reflection) Josip Almasi <joe@vrspace.org> - 2014-08-16 12:31 +0200
      Re: Accessibility of suBclass-fields from suPERclass (reflection) Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2014-08-16 10:51 -0400
      Re: Accessibility of suBclass-fields from suPERclass (reflection) Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2014-08-16 11:00 -0400

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