WebObjects® Developer's Guide

Advanced Object Modeling

Having refined and tested the Forum model quite extensively, we are in a position to incorporate the concept of Users into the model.

A Forum will have two kinds of users: Normal Users and Moderators. Moderators will be given special privileges to delete posts and move topics, in addition to being allowed to delete entire topics.

Let's think about Users for a moment.

What are their properties (or attributes)? How are they different? The only difference between a Normal User and a Moderator should be the designation or class to which he belongs. Otherwise, they both share a (login) name, password, e-mail, first name, and last name.

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