Answered Want to do this OOP stuff properly - separate class for a list of com ports?

[blinky]

Hi,

Pretty much new to programming and defiantly new to OOP, so go easy! Im writing a tiny Windows Form app that will be used to open and close my observatory roof. I have created a seperate class for my observatory object but I will be communicating with the actual roof through the serial/Com port (its an Arduino controller that will open/close the switches to open/close the roof). As such I want the user to be able to select the correct com port, this will be done via some form of chooser, either on the main form, or maybe from a menu item on the main form. I think I know how to enumerate a list of the available COM ports but Im wondering where I should do this? Should I create a new class, say ComPorts that returns a list of the com ports and use that to populate the menu item or is it just as easy/better to do this within the main form.cs code?

Hopefully the above is clear enough!

 

[Skydiver]

The Forms are for UI. They should only concern themselves with UI as it's single responsibility. The available COM ports is part of your data model. You should have a separate class that keeps track of the available ports and that will be it's single responsibility.

 

[blinky]

The Forms are for UI. They should only concern themselves with UI as it's single responsibility. The available COM ports is part of your data model. You should have a separate class that keeps track of the available ports and that will be it's single responsibility.

Great, thanks for the reply! Look out for many more questions to follow.....