Bill de hÓra

I wanted generic method dispatch, but all I got was this lousy IoC tee-shirt

August 10, 2004 |  co.mments

Charles' IOC Conundrum. I wonder if it would help if the Content object in question could tell you its media type.

The comments are also interesting, especially Rickards cast-to-type idiom, which feels vaguely like what some people call duck typing. Aside from delaying wiring to the last possible moment, there's also a lot of desire for type flexibility, it seems. But as at least one person points out, there's also the Visitor pattern (hence the mention of media type ).

August 10, 2004 01:11 AM

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