Comments on: API Design: Method parameter objects http://www.ericfeminella.com/blog/2008/01/12/quick-tips-api-design/ Thoughts on Software Design and Development Sun, 08 Jan 2012 14:25:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark http://www.ericfeminella.com/blog/2008/01/12/quick-tips-api-design/comment-page-1/#comment-4875 Mark Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:58:05 +0000 http://www.ericfeminella.com/blog/2008/01/12/quick-tips-api-design/#comment-4875 William: the parameters object is an instance of an actual parameters class you created specifically for the method your creating it for. Your class will have strong typed properties so your values will still be type checked. Eric: A great solution! I've seen plenty of this going on with anonymous objects passed as parameters (AS3 Tweener class for example) but never as a concrete parameters class. I think i'll finally update some of my more unwieldy methods, thanks :) William: the parameters object is an instance of an actual parameters class you created specifically for the method your creating it for. Your class will have strong typed properties so your values will still be type checked.

Eric: A great solution! I’ve seen plenty of this going on with anonymous objects passed as parameters (AS3 Tweener class for example) but never as a concrete parameters class. I think i’ll finally update some of my more unwieldy methods, thanks :)

]]> By: William from Lagos http://www.ericfeminella.com/blog/2008/01/12/quick-tips-api-design/comment-page-1/#comment-3942 William from Lagos Sun, 13 Jan 2008 10:15:53 +0000 http://www.ericfeminella.com/blog/2008/01/12/quick-tips-api-design/#comment-3942 But how do we account for type checking at compile time. Suppose z in the params object is meant to be a string and not a number as passed, how do we guard against that? But how do we account for type checking at compile time. Suppose z in the params object is meant to be a string and not a number as passed, how do we guard against that?

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