[Biococoa-dev] Annotation

[Charles PARNOT]

At 1:21 AM +0100 2/23/05, Philipp Seibel wrote:
>Hey Alex,
>
>why do you use NSString * instead of using class for the returntype 
>of dataTypeForName: ?
>i think its better to have a classForAnnotationWithName: which 
>returns the class not a String representation
>
>you mensioned sleep .... very good idea ;-)
>
>Phil

I jump in!
The accessor could return the class, but internally it should be a NSString to:
* allow archiving
* handle unknown classes, which could happen if you go from one app 
to another using the framework and using the same file

This is probably what you meant: just the accessor, right?

charles


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