Returning Types Question

[Chris]

I have an admin class that has add/update/delete/getAll functionallity for
customers.
My add/update/delete's will return bool's for success/failure which is fine.

My getAll method will need to return all rows of customers, which in turn
will be bound to a datagrid/repeater.

My question is what is the best way to return the list of customers?
ArrayList of Customer Objects, Datasets?

Thanks for your opinions
Chris

[Martin Dechev]

Hi, Chris,

You can make overloads of the method GetAll - one to return DataSet (or
DataTable or DataView etc.) for the presentation layer and another to return
collection for the business layer. I use strong typed collections instread
of boxing the objects into an ArrayList, but it's really a question of
personal preferences.

Hope this helps
Martin
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I have an admin class that has add/update/delete/getAll functionallity for
customers.
My add/update/delete's will return bool's for success/failure which is fine.
My getAll method will need to return all rows of customers, which in turn
will be bound to a datagrid/repeater.

My question is what is the best way to return the list of customers?
ArrayList of Customer Objects, Datasets?

Thanks for your opinions
Chris