Simeon F. Willbanks wrote: > Jochem, > > Thanks for the tips. no worries, for the rest you stuff looks tidy and making use of phpDoc comments and using CS consistently are both recommended! with regard to OO I didn't really see enough [complexity] to be able to offer any worthwhile feedback - but then again I didn't see any faux pas' either. you might consider checking out other implementations of similar functionality to compare your own idea/implementation against. oh and we prefer to keep all communications on list :-) > Simeon > > On Nov 21, 2007, at 2:23 PM, Jochem Maas wrote: > >> Simeon F. Willbanks wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I am trying to increase my knowledge and understanding of OO and OO >>> Design Patterns. I'd like to request a critique of a program that >>> extracts MySQL table information and translates it into XML. In the >>> program, I tried to accomplish a few things: >>> >>> 1. Correct use of ADOdb >>> 2. Closely match the PEAR coding standards >>> - I encode my scripts in UTF-8 >>> - Not all indents are 4 spaces, but I have switched my IDE to treat >>> tabs as four spaces >>> - My phpDoc comments could probably use some tweaking >>> 3. Object Oriented principles >>> 4. Strategy Design Pattern >>> - Interface used for column attribute parsing >>> >>> My overall goal is to use these xml files as a starting point to write a >>> DAO with the Data Mapper Pattern. >>> >>> Here are the related files to peruse: >>> http://simeons.net/code/datamapper/sql/photo_portfolio.sql >>> - SQL dump >>> http://simeons.net/code/datamapper/mysql_to_xml_oo.phps >>> - Calling script >>> http://simeons.net/code/datamapper/helpers/autoload.phps >>> - Auto load classes >> >> does the preg_replace() need to be run for every call to __autoload(), >> I think it would speed it up a little if you stored the class path in >> a static >> variable so that you only have to determine it once. >> >>> http://simeons.net/code/datamapper/classes/DB.phps >>> - ADOdb connection >>> http://simeons.net/code/datamapper/classes/MySQLToXML.phps >>> - MySQL extraction and parsing >>> - XML writing >>> >> >> I'd drop the trailing '?>' in all your files - it's not required and >> it will >> save you hunting through stacks of files trying to find errant blank >> lines >> (which are output to the browser and will break subsequent calls to >> header()) >> >>> Here are the outputted xml files: >>> http://simeons.net/code/datamapper/xmldatamaps/album.xml >>> http://simeons.net/code/datamapper/xmldatamaps/photo.xml >>> http://simeons.net/code/datamapper/xmldatamaps/comment.xml >>> >>> Any comments are appreciated. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Simeon >>> >> > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
