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Evolving Responsible, Self-Describing Components

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25 Apr 2008CPOL21 min read 23.1K   64   29  
How self-describing components can emerge from responsibility-driven development practices, and how use of the Visual Studio 'code regions' tool can add value to this process.
/*
 * Copyright 2008 Oculo Consulting Limited
 * 
*/
using System;

namespace ResponsibilitiesExample
{
    public class MessageChannel : IMessageChannel
    {
        #region Private Fields

        private string _channelId;

        #endregion

        #region Constructors

        public MessageChannel(string channelId)
        {
            _channelId = channelId;
        }

        #endregion
        
        #region IMessageHandler Members

        public void PutMessage(IMessage message)
        {
            System.Console.WriteLine(string.Format("Message received by channel '{0}': {1}", _channelId, message.Content));
        }

        #endregion

        #region IMessageChannel Members

        public IMessage Peek()
        {
            throw new NotImplementedException();
        }

        #endregion
    }
}

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Written By
Software Developer (Senior) Oculo Consulting Limited
United Kingdom United Kingdom
Matthew Cannon is a software developer and architect who has for the last 10 years focused on object-oriented design. His areas of interest are OOD, patterns, Agile practices, C# and all things .Net.

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