Hi,
I'm slightly used as to what the purpose of CALayer's existence is. Why not just put the properties in a UIView?
Thanks.
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A:
A CALayer represents a completely different "thing" from a UIView. A CALayer only deals with drawing itself, and encapsulating the information needed to do that. A view, on the other hand, owns one or many layers, which it uses to draw itself. A view has many other functions and properties though, that are unrelated to its representation on the screen.
I would recommend digging into the Apple documentation, and maybe picking up a book on Object Oriented coding.
DougW
2010-06-03 02:32:02
Right, so why not just add the properties that the layer would have directly to the view?
jasonbogd
2010-06-03 07:17:06
That's the whole point of object based coding. Objects should be responsible for well defined parts of behavior, and nothing else. What you're describing is a classic case of the "God Object", and is explicitly contrary to good object oriented design. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_object
DougW
2010-06-03 17:50:12