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Best method to pass a resource between classes

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Hi all,

 

Relatively new to OOP still and have been working on an OOP project.  My basic architecture is an OOP state machine, each class represents a different test.  I have one test that will run through all the tests, so i figured i could just pass a new class into a for loop and have it run through all the tests.  Problem with that of course is i connect to a device and the resource is lost with every new object.  One solution ive come up with for this problem is to have a class that composes of the test class and the device resource and i could bundle a new class every time i switched tests and carry the same resource on the wire.

 

Any comments welcome, if my overall plan for this program is off please say so.

 

Thank you,

 

Matt



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Use a shift register to store your device and have each of your Run Test methods have an input for the device object.  You will probably need a couple of tests for Initialize Device and Close Device.  These should be the only two cases that open or close your device.  So no composition is needed.


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Hi Crossrulz,

 

That actually makes a lot of sense, i was hoping to be able to carry it on the same wire as the class, but i think it probably just makes more sense to have it in the for loop.  I suppose i should have one parent method for configure and open device and one for close device, beofre and after the loop?

 

Matt



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matt198717 wrote: I suppose i should have one parent method for configure and open device and one for close device, beofre and after the loop?

That would make sense to me.


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