Block requirements

A short check list of block features that need to be addressed during the design phase:

• The data (attributes) that the block needs to persist
• Each block should usually implement SynchronizeWidget to make the model (wxWidgets counterpart) match the data stored in the block
• A list of Chandler Events that the block handles
• A list of Chandler Events that the block generates
• The wxWidgets counterpart should implement del to remove itself from the global association dictionary
• A list of the wxWidgets events that the wxWidgets counterpart should respond to
• If the block has a content spec, the form takes
• If any functionality can't be expressed in data driven way, could it be done using some other mechanism, e.g. delegation, which would make it more friendly to a direct manipulation U/I builder.

-- KatieCappsParlante - 11 May 2004