Re: Libole2.

[George <jirka 5z com>]

On Sun, May 21, 2000 at 06:59:17PM +0200, Dirk-Jan C. Binnema (djcb) wrote:
> > Maybe Maciej and Miguel are right. We need some file-like way to access
> > the raw data (e.g. gnome VFS) and the OO - moniker access.
> 
> I agree. Maciej and Miguel are trying to solve different problems, and thus
> Miguel's solution (monikers) is not the solution the Maciej's problem.
> 
> Monikers use the 'chain-of-responsibility' DP, where each of the monikers
> resolves one chain. However, for opening files you really want to know the
> kind of object the final chain is binding to (e.g. to give the user a
> chance to choose the program he or she wants to use to do this).
> 
> So, monikers are a really nice solution to bind to some object iff you
> don't care how the actual binding takes place. For a file manager, this is
> not a good solution.

How about when you get to a certain point in the monicker you should be able
to somehow get the list of objects that could be activated for this.  Give
the user a choice at thatpoint before parsing the rest of the monicker.

Actually couldn't the monicker itself include the actual mime type of the
data to be worked on, to figure out what objects could work on it?

George

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