Re: binding object id's to objects...

[Maciej Stachowiak <mjs eazel com>]

Elliot Lee <sopwith@redhat.com> writes:

> On 5 Jul 2000, Maciej Stachowiak wrote:
> 
> > We've definitely wanted ways to get the IID (and other oafinfo data)
> > off a running object with Nautilus and for now handle it by keeping
> > this info around.
> 
> If this is bonobo-specific, a way to do it is probably through a tiny
> separate interface that just returns the IID.
> 
> Main comment is on "other oafinfo data" - I think this is a bad idea
> because it causes duplication of info with OAF. The 'right' approach is to
> get IID from the object and then run an OAF query to get the full object
> info.

Er, that's what I meant - that the IID is a means to acquiring other
oafinfo data.

 - Maciej