factory objects (idle thoughts)

[neuneudr]

All of the above is predicated on "[h]aving dismissed constructors", a
fragile premise.

True.

Avoid constructors is one of those rules that has a good point in some
cases, but end up with a ridiculous result when applied consistently
to everything.

The article specifically says that the problem is publicly exposing
constructor to users of your API.

And that is because doing so breaks encapsulation to no avail.

And breaking encapsulation is not very OOish, no matter the
definition of OO.

Gilad Bracha is one Java's author and a JLS co-author. The man wrote
his own programming language and knows more probably more about Java,
SmallTalk and Scala than anyone in this group.

So I'm not exactly sure that I buy a one-liner saying that Gilad
Bracha
is basing his OO reasoning on fragile premises...

But that may be just me...

 

[Arne Vajhøj]

None of the nasty things that you have said or implied about me are at
all true.

So you want people to speak about you by name ??

Arne

 

[Jerry Gerrone]

[misquotes me and implies an insult]

Do not misquote me again. Your post contained supposed "quoted
material" that did not occur in the post that you followed up to nor
summarize material that did. That is incorrect. Stop being dishonest.

None of the nasty things that you have said or implied about me are at
all true.

None of the nasty things that you have said or implied about me are at
all true.

[suspected threat deleted]

I don't respond well to threats.