Subj : Objects in library, tables in application
To   : comp.programming
From : rhedin
Date : Mon Jul 11 2005 08:30 am

Greetings!

We are working on an interface with a lot of elements the user can
manipulate.  Most of the user interface objects reside in a library
that is used by several applications.  It is natural to keep the
results of the users' manipulations in tables in the applications, to
control the running of our model.

The problem is this straddling between the library and the
applications, and between objects and tables.  The natural solution is
to maintain both, and refresh one from the other as needed.  However,
that strikes us as, um, inelegant.

This doesn't seem to be something that was covered by the Gang of Four.
 Has someone else encountered this, and have they discovered a clean,
codeable solution?  

Thanks. 

                        Rick

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