Association vs Dependency (Offbeat) 2003-12-28 - By ShriKant Vashishtha
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Hi All,
I am slightly confused in finding the difference between association and
dependency.
For me, whenever the variable is intialized at a local scope or passed as a
parameter in a method, its denoted as dependency. However, for association, I
believe, the object needs to be on global scope (as an instance variable).
However, I rarely use any object at a global scope, unless I know that it is
used for maintaining the state of class or need to be used across different
methods. So most of the time, I end up with dependency .
Am I missing something over here.
Thanks
-ShriKant
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<DIV>Hi All,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I am slightly confused in finding the difference between association and
dependency.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>For me, whenever the variable is intialized at a local scope or passed as
a parameter in a method, its denoted as dependency. However, for association, I
believe, the object needs to be on global scope (as an instance variable).
However, I rarely use any object at a global scope, unless I know that
it is used for maintaining the state of class or need to be used across
different methods. So most of the time, I end up with dependency .</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Am I missing something over here.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Thanks</DIV>
<DIV>-ShriKant</DIV><p><hr SIZE=1>
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