[Bioperl-l] pipeline

[Matthew Pocock]

Thomas Down wrote:

> The only big difference is that, because method calls
> are checked at compile-time, you'll have to, at a minimum,
> write (or auto-generate) static interface definitions for
> your persistant objects.  The implementations can still be
> filled in at run time, though. 

You only need the interfaces if you want to compile-time link to the 
auto-generated objects before they are generated. You can still treat 
them a JavaBeans or introspect them or glue them into processes with 
event handlers without them implementing specific interfaces.

Matthew