Re: Pluggable widget types and implementations

[Damon Chaplin <damon karuna uklinux net>]

On Fri, 2006-12-08 at 18:36 +0100, Tim Janik wrote:

> i'm still interested in hearing use cases for multiple factories though,
> so if anyone has arguments for allowing multiple GFactory* handles instead
> of just two "singleton" functions:
> 
>    /* craete instance conforming to prerequisite_type */
>    g_factory_create (GType prerequisite_type);
> 
>    /* appoint an implementaiton_type for a prerequisite_type */
>    g_factory_appoint_type (GType prerequisite_type,
>                            GType implementation_type);

I think the terms "appoint" and "prerequisite" are a bit confusing.

I'd prefer the simpler:
    g_factory_create (GType type);

    g_factory_override_type (GType original_type,
                             GType override_type);

Damon