CORBA, RMI, threads

[s001gmu at nova.wright.edu]

On Sun, 15 Feb 1998 coder at ibm.net wrote:

> 
> On 29/01/98 at 10:29 AM, s001gmu at nova.wright.edu said:
> 
> >So, to reuse my schedule example, you could have several different calls
> >like so:
> 
> >  event_driver.schedule(new combat_event(real_to_game_time(t), attacker,
> >                                         defender));
> >  event_driver.schedule(new heal_event(real_to_game_time(t), target,
> >                                       amount));
> 
> I simplify all of this by not using a stack based architecture, but
> instead using message passing.  An "event" then is merely a tuple of an
> objectID and a message to pass to that object,

'stack based architecture'?  As I understand my system, and the
terminology surrounding it, I'm using a Queue (granted, very similar to a
stack)...  Do I need to pull out my intro books and read them again?  :)
 
> >etc.  Each event class descended from the generic event has it's own
> >handle() method.  You'll also want to have each descended event class's 
> >constructors take arguments of pertinent data, as above.  You can make
> >the inheretence tree as broad and deep as you like, depending on how you
> >choose to organize things.
> 
> You also end up with a very very shallow and simple inheritance tree.

True.  I don't have a problem with that.  :)  Simple is good, a lot of the
time.
 
-Greg