What would you name this class? [modified]

[patbob]

What's a foo? If you're using "foo" as a name for something in production code, I think you have bigger problems than what to call a foo object manager manager. Might as well call it "bar", after all, you'd be hard pressed to obsfucate your code further. Besides, changing class names is a low risk operation, so don't fret over it. D'oh! Nevermind. Haven't had my coffee yet :) Overseer? UberManager? OverLord (that one's always fun)? Controller? Foreman? Container?

patbob

modified on Friday, May 23, 2008 12:17 PM

[wcwhite]

Try FooManMeta -- Bill White

[Ravi Bhavnani]

patbob wrote:

What's a foo?

Serves me right for posting a design related question in the Lounge. :sigh: /ravi

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[coding4ever]

fooBAR perhaps?

[Ravi Bhavnani]

tim-miller wrote:

fooBAR perhaps?

Clickety[^] :) /ravi

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[Trevortni]

Maybe we need a naming forum?

[keslavi]

Ravi Bhavnani wrote:

I have a bunch of Foo objects, all of which are controlled by a FooManager. What would you name an object that controls a collection of FooManagers?

how about FooDirector or FooController (apologies to MVC)? or redefining the level you call something a manager so that that: FooMgr | |FooCollection, FooCol, FooSum, or Foos (yes, plurals are usually a no-no). | | | | Foo, FooItem, or FooDet | | | | Foo | | |FooCollection | | | | Foo | | Foo or you could design the whole Foo to be recursive, such as in System.Collections.Specialized.NameValueCollection, whereby the uppermost level item becomes the parent, or 'manager'. moving to Parent/Child removes the whole Manager concept; that's how the Http Request object is structured. and if that doesn't cover it then this post is probably FooBar :-\

[Ravi Bhavnani]

Thanks. I think many folks are missing the point that Foo and FooManager aren't vanilla objects, but running services; hence the need to be able to actively "manage" (rather than simply aggregate) these entities. I've decided to go with my original choice of FooManagerController, which while quite a tongue twister, explicitly conveys that it controls one or more FooManager instances. /ravi

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That's Foony, I've been reading these posts when it occured to me how Foocking ridiculous people can be and how Foor they can take things. Foormally, I've foound that my foondest memories have been when I foollowed my heart and struck out on my own. However, this has resulted in my biggest foolures and foollies. Now I'm beginning to realize that I was just fooling myself and that the true foon in life is in foollowing the great ideas of others and fooguring out a way to make them even more foontastic. Just a foought foorom a fooriend here at code project. Don't foorget the lesson I've learned and you will lead a foofulling life, too. Foorever, -Erik

[chaiguy1337]

Lol well at least it actually is a bar. ;)

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[chaiguy1337]

FooManagerSquared? :)

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[Ravi Bhavnani]

logan1337 wrote:

at least it actually is a bar.

Hence the name. :) /ravi

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It is Foo class

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Gary R. Wheeler wrote:

FooCEO is remarkably close to one of my rejects: FookUp

Have you considered going with FooQueue (go on, say it out loud - it makes sense then).

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A FooManagerManager?

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[The Nightcoder]

fat_boy wrote:

h, by the way, I was in mechanical engineering for many years before switching to software engineering, so I have many traits of a mechanical engineer, I like beer and cars for example, and not those of a typical software engineer.

Well, that sounds a lot like me and most of the software engineers I've ever met, actually. You didn't mention bikes. I'm currently trying to make my mind up whether to buy a Honda VFR or a Ducati ST2 for this season... or something completely different. Still using my 25 years old 400cc "refresher" (winter is nine months in Sweden, so we basically have to learn how to ride again each spring - it's good to have something basic in the garage to do the refresh training on when the early spring weather permits), but it won't go beyond 150 km/h (not even that unless pushed into the red) and while that was still fun a couple of weeks ago, it's getting old now. And my left foot is getting oily - a crank case gasket wants attention, and I don't want to crack the thing open until I have something else to ride. So it's time to make a choice. Any suggestions? And no - no Harleys or similar... Swedish roads have curves. A whole lot of them... :-) However, nerdiness seems to come with the territory (or territories - most of my friends back when I studied mechanical engineering were definitely nerds - those who weren't invariably failed the math and eventually dropped out). Of course, it's not a virtue to strive for, it just sort of happens. In my case it came from being a bit to interested in math, physics and mechanics back in school than was generally accepted by those unable to grasp the subjects (soccer and bullying others around were the acceptable interests, and the conformist bunch tended to stick to them). Then again, I'm a Swede, and may not fully grasp all the nuances of the word "nerd"... :-O As for "foo" and "bar": I picked them up from K&R about 25 years ago and didn't have a clue about where they got them from. I tend to use them now and then out of habit (instead of wasting time inventing my own dummy names). It started out when I did some time as an assistant teacher in programming at the university (or numerical algorithms to be precise - it was in the mechanical engineering department). I wouldn't dream of using them just to make a point of using them. That would be utterly ridiculous... and I much suspect the OP would think so too. Why I spend so much time (yes, writing even this amount of