2008-04-10 Developers Conference Call


Contents

Date

10 April 2008

In Attendance

  • Burke Mamlin
  • Darius Jazayeri
  • Brian McKown
  • Justin Miranda
  • Ben Wolfe
  • Paul Biondich
  • Dave Thomas
  • Hamish Fraser
  • Mike Seaton
  • Chris Seebregts

Agenda

  • Complex Obs
  • GSoC
  • Schedule time for Report API Refactoring code review

Minutes

  • TODO: Update mentors on projects page
  • TODO: All mentors identify at least 2 potential students for their project
  • Talked about GSoC projects and applicants
  • Talked about Complex Obs
    • Darius reminded us to be sure not to include service layer calls in pojo.
    • Darius mentioned having class ComplexObs extend Obs
    • See code snippet pasted in Skype below.
  • Talked about upcoming Implementers Conference
  • Report Api Refactoring code review scheduled for tomorrow morning at 10:00 AM EST

Darius' Code Snippet:

class ComplexObsReference {
    private uri;
 }
 ObsService {
    Object getComplexValue(ComplexObsReference) // expensive
    String getComplexTitle(ComplexObsReference) // cheap
 }
  … Obs {
    ...
    public void setValueComplex(ComplexObsReference valueComplex); // this comes from the handler, injected by the service?
    public ComplexObsReference getValueComplex();
 }

Burke's Code Snippet:

ObsService {
   Object getComplexValue(obs) // expensive
   String getComplexTitle(obs) // cheap
 }
 … ObsService {
    ComplexObs getComplexObs(obs);
 }