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Re: Better design: "flatter is better" or "nesting isbetter" ?


Re:  Better design: "flatter is better" or "nesting isbetter" ?
On Tue, 2005-10-04 at 13:54 -0500, Peter Hunsberger wrote:
> On 10/4/05, Anne Thomas Manes <atmanes@g...> wrote:
> > Perhaps "storage" is the wrong word, because it implies persistence to some
> > type of data store, but the basic concept is valid. Either the XML is
> > persistent or it is transient. If the XML is persistent, then the
> > application works directly on the XML. If the XML is transient, then the XML
> > is transformed into some other format (language objects, relational
> > database, etc.) that the application works with.
> 
> I had a chunk of XML I was working with hanging around for the last 24
> hours or so.  It's gone now.  Was it persistent or transient?
> 
> Where's the dividing line and why would I (or my XML) care?


You would if it were you that had to do the work on it?
Yours was only persistent till you got around to processing it?

Transient will vary from mSec using transforms through
to 'hey Peter, gimme XYZ XML from this please', which
could be days. Still transient IMHO. 

How about short-lived?
(and you define 'short')

regards DaveP





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