If you want to master the art of model-driven code generation, an essential thing you need is a model of some kind. Maybe you are in desperate need of Kate Moss, but that’s not the kind of model I talking about. I mean some kind of data model. Preferably, you describe your model in UML. [...]
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With the introduction of Unity v1.2 it is now possible to do aspect oriented programming (AOP) using Unity in a way that is similar to Policy Injection. You can read all about it in my former post How-to AOP: Validation with Policy Injection, where I showed how-to AOP using Validation with the Policy Injection Application [...]
Validation of user input is very important. A lot of our users are very environmentally aware and throw all kinds of garbage in (= garbage out). So you probably better use extensive validation for all your dataclasses (or Business Entities, if you like). A consequence is that you have to invoke validation almost everywhere in [...]
The DAO design pattern is traditionally associated with the Java Core J2EE Patterns, but this relatively simple pattern is equally applicable to our Microsoft .NET world. This time I am not talking hypothetical here, since recently I saw it being used extensively in real world .NET webportal code I was auditing. I guess it is [...]
State pattern is intended to provide a mechanism to allow an object to alter its behavior in response to internal state changes. To the client, it appears as though th object has changed its class. And last, but not least, my most favorite design pattern: the State pattern. Why it is my favourite pattern? I [...]
