Re: Service Programs 101

[Alan <steelville@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> But, *BNDDIRs are one of the mechanisms (IMHO) that help enable 
> "information hiding" which is one of the attributes of abstraction.
>
> If you were to think in terms of *SRVPGMs which reference *SRVPGMs which 
> reference other *SRVPGMs, you begin to get the idea that some "level 3" 
> *SRVPGMs should not be referenced directly by "level 1" objects.  In that 
> case, there is no reason to include the "level 3" *SRVPGMs in a "level 1" 
> *BNDDIR.
>
> *BNDDIRs then begin to provide a mechanism similar to "packages" in Java.
>
> Does that make any sense to anybody?  <grin>
>
> L. Wayne James
>
>  
I think so, didn't think of that, thanks. It seems like one could 
imagine such scenarios. And I think I have enough of view on it now.

> > > What a lot of people will do to make things even simpler is put *ALL*
> service programs in a single binding directory, and include that BNDDIR()
> in every program that they write.  Then you never have to worry about it.
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