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Re: [e4-dev] I'd like to add static utility methods to UIEvents

From: Paul Webster <pwebster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:53:34 -0500
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On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 4:10 AM, Dimitar Georgiev <anakin.bg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Out of general style considerations, I prefer the instance method. Static hinders polymorphism.

Regards, Dimitar

UIEvents is a (mostly) auto-generated utility class (constants and static methods). While I agree in general we don't use static methods, in this case I think it's acceptable.

PW

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