DevForce Community Forum : Create vs Construct http://www.ideablade.com/forum/ This is an XML content feed of; DevForce Community Forum : DevForce 2009 : Create vs Construct Sat, 11 Apr 2026 08:40:21 -700 Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:32:45 -700 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 9.69 360 www.ideablade.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=1132 DevForce Community Forum http://www.ideablade.com/forum/forum_images/IdeaBlade_logo_tm.png http://www.ideablade.com/forum/ Create vs Construct : DevForce EF allows entity creation... http://www.ideablade.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1132&PID=4052#4052 Author: kimj
Subject: 1132
Posted: 12-Mar-2009 at 4:32pm

DevForce EF allows entity creation via a standard constructor, which DevForce Classic does not allow, so the static Create factory methods defined in each entity were one way of highlighting the issue.  In DevForce EF, "new"ing an Entity is allowed, and we're also more enthusiastic about using the Repository and other pertinent patterns.   Our intention really isn't to force you into any pattern.   Overloaded constructors work fine in DevForce EF, just be sure that you call AddToManager to make the new entity part of an EntityManager cache.]]> Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:32:45 -700 http://www.ideablade.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1132&PID=4052#4052 Create vs Construct : Hi, Just wondering what your... http://www.ideablade.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1132&PID=4028#4028 Author: ken.nelson
Subject: 1132
Posted: 11-Mar-2009 at 4:21am

Hi,
 
Just wondering what your current thoughts are regarding constructor overloading versus using static create methods.  If I recall right, in DevForce classic, using static create methods was the preferred way and was explicitly noted as such.  However, in DevForce EF I'm not seeing any specific information regarding this.
 
The problem I always had with using static Create methods was that it made it impossible to use object initializers, so I'd prefer to overload constructors, but is there a reason why this might be a bad idea with DevForceEF?
 
Thanks,
Ken
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