Re: BonoboGenericFactory for GNOME 2

[Dietmar Maurer <dietmar ximian com>]

Martin Baulig wrote:

> ii) if we want to make BonoboGenericFactory a BonoboObject to make it
>     more easy to derive from it and to make it more consistent with the
>     rest of Bonobo, then I actually see a way to do this with a little
>     change in OAF and a little change in BonoboObject.
>
> So, let's assume we want to do it because of (ii).
>
> Here's how I think it can be done:
>
> 1.) First of all, we need to ask Maciej to either rename or remove the
>     `ref' and `unref' methods in GNOME::ObjectFactory (from a `grep -r'
>     in oaf, they don't seem to be used at all).
>
> 2.) After that, we create a Bonobo::GenericFactory which derives from
>     both GNOME::ObjectFactory and Bonobo::Unknown
>
> 3.) Then, we need to add a way to override the vepv to BonoboObject.

Why should we use multiple inheritance? Why not simply derive the
ObjectFactory from Unknown?

- Dietmar