[Webfunds-devel] OpenPGP signed Contracts

Sat, 27 May 2000 05:06:14 +0200

"Jeroen C. van Gelderen" wrote:
> 
> > * webfunds/client/contracts/SignContractWizard.java
> >   - this class should not be dealing with X509 stuff at all, so the
> >     signature generation code will move to Contract.java
> 
> I don't agree here. A Contract object represents a valid (hence signed)
> contract. Subclasses of Contract should specialize based on contract
> type (CurrencyContract, FooContract). Contract itself should be
> immutable and able to restore itself to whatever format it came from.
> What you need is a factory that does something along the lines of:
> 
>  ContractInfo + PrivateKey | ContractSigner/Factory -> FooContract

Ok, but you agree it should be removed from the client code, where it
is now, right? 

I don't really care where it ends up, as long as I don't have to do 
all the rewriting.

Edwin

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