Design and Architecture

Adam Jasper wrote:

Sorry led mike, you will have to explain that one to me, how is it not object oriented?

Adam Jasper wrote:

I have read some articles that suggest they should no be used.

led mike wrote:

Experienced in what, breathing?

led mike wrote:

is not object oriented

digital man wrote:

To be fair he never said it was:

public SimpleBusinessEntity Save(SimpleBusinessEntity entity)
{
    switch(entity.EntityType)
    {
    case EntityType.TariffEntity:
        tariffWorkflow.Save((TariffEntity)entity);
        break;

    case EntityType.Contract:
        contractWorkflow.Save((Contract)entity);
        break;

    default:
        Debug.Fail();
        break;
    }
}

public void Save(TariffEntity entity)
{
}

public void Save(ContractEntity entity)
{
}

private Dictionary<BusinessEntityType, IEntityWorkflow> _workflows;<br />
<br />
public PersistenceWorkflow()<br />
{<br />
   _workflows = new Dictionary<BusinessEntityType, IEntityWorkflow>();<br />
<br />
   InitialiseEntityWorkflows();<br />
}<br />
<br />
protected virtual void InitialiseEntityWorkflows()<br />
{<br />
   _workflows.Add(BusinessEntityType.Tariff, new TariffWorkflow());<br />
   _workflows.Add(BusinessEntityType.Contract, new ContractWorkflow());<br />
}<br />
<br />

public SimpleBusinessEntity Save(SimpleBusinessEntity entity)<br />
{<br />
   IEntityWorkflow workflow = _workflows[entity.EntityType];<br />
   return workflow.Save(entity);<br />
}