25 May
2000
25 May
'00
4:17 p.m.
Evan Simpson wrote:
There are generally two ways (at least) to think about "object identifiers". You can think of them as unique labels for specific objects, without regard for location ("Jim Fulton")
Me too...
or as addresses or slots in which objects can be found ("the CTO").
who's the CTO?
In this case, an advantage to using the address stance
[snip path/catalog stuff]
use paths instead of object monikers.
Why not do both? Have an POID (CORBA style) to actually identify an object and then use paths of POIDS to identify stuff in a cotnext *when you need to*... comments? Chris