Questions tagged [class-design]
General guidelines on how to design classes with best known industry practices.
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Is a callback function with `this` as an argument a bad practice?
I have a class that has a callback function that gets triggered on some event. The user of the class instance is expected to do stuff on the instance itself, inside this callback function. So I am ...
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Object-oriented programming design with relational database tables
I want to understand what is considered best-practice to better align with OOP when handling relational databases. I cannot find any online examples where classes and a more maintainable/re-usable ...
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Defining functions inside vs outside a class
Say I have a class with a function do_thing that is comprised of multiple steps, which themselves segregate into functions (first_process and second_process). At what point would this be considered ...
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DAL class structure for storing and organizing SQL using Dapper?
I'm creating a web application with Asp.Net Core MVC, and I've replaced Entity Framework with a custom data store. I've decided to use Dapper, but have never used it prior to this project. So I'm ...
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API design question: Should a builder perform expensive validation when building?
I'm working on a library of C++ wrappers/bindings, for another, C-ish, API.
The C'ish API has a "launch" function, which, among other things, takes a launch configuration structure (well, ...
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Possible violation of LSP when adhering to ISP?
Recently I read about ISP and wanted to implement it into my project. While implementing my design I think I found a flaw which violates LSP but I'm not sure.
Given I have a game project, in which ...
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Is there a proper term for a "closed class hierarchy?"
What I mean by "closed class hierarchy" is a set of known base/derived classes used only for an implementation of something with no public API, i.e., the classes are not meant to be derived ...
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Functional interfaces or decorator-like implementations [closed]
Consider Chess as an example. Say, we have a lot of domain objects that are alike, in this case chess pieces. I have two proposes to implementing the behaviour of chess pieces. Both uses the following ...
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Splitting up large SQLAlchemy model
Anybody have advice on splitting up a large SQLAlchemy model into smaller parts? I have a ~2000 line model called Article that is becoming difficult to manage. We often have to scroll and scroll to ...
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Why access the attributes of a Python class by reference?
Attribute references and instantiation
In this link, that is part of the official Python documentation, I have found the following information:
Class objects support two kinds of operations: ...
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For non-container classes, are "better naming" and "ready for commented codes" good reasons not to declare the most abstract type?
According to Why define a Java object using interface (e.g. Map) rather than implementation (HashMap), I know I should declare the most abstract type possible, but the question is about template class ...
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Class design using Open and Close Methods
As the title says, Im thinking if it's a good practise to have classes that have Open and Close methods in the sense that they can be reused without a new instance being created again.
Also, if I want ...
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Is "declaring most abstract type" suffers from the same problem as "primitive obsession"?
According to Why define a Java object using interface (e.g. Map) rather than implementation (HashMap), when creating objects, I should declare the most abstract type, eg : Map hashMap=new HashMap(). ...
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Class Composition For A List With Multiple Types
I have some classes like so
class User{
Preferences
List<Participants>
BlueFontParticipants
PropertyThatComputesFromAListOfParticipants<Participants>
}
class Preferences{
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Is it best practice for each call to a SQL Server to be in its own class, even when using dependency injection?
I often see/write classes that contain every part of the application where the application will talk to a SQL server. For example, you may have a class like this
public class Data
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