Re: stupid beginner question

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On 28 Jun 2005, at 10:24, Hartmaier Alexander wrote:


> So far so good, now the first things start to work.
> What I want to know now is:
> If I use e.g. NAC::ScanInterface in NAC::Device do I have to 'use
> NAC::ScanInterface;' in NAC/Device.pm?
>

This is usually done for you: when you declare a relationship, cdbi  
will take care of loading the foreign class. You only need to  
explicitly 'use NAC::ScanInterface' when there's no relationship and  
your code includes a direct reference to NAC::ScanInterface->something.

This hardly ever happens, and if you find that need to explicitly use  
another data class, that could be taken as a warning that either your  
relationships are slightly off or you should be moving functionality  
into the base class.

imho.

will

ps. but I explicitly load everything up front, in a factory class, so  
I could be way off.