What should be the hierarchy of packages?
com.xyz.DAO IDAO (interface) IPersonDAO (interface) IDepartmentDAO (interface) com.xyx.DAO.impl PersonDAO extends GenericDAO implements IPersonDAO DepartmentDAO extends GenericDAO implements DepartmentDAO GenericDAO implements IDAO (abstract class) DAOFactory
Is this package structure appropriate?
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Answer
I am actually against layer-driven packaging but instead I advice feature-driven approach:
com.xyz IDAO (interface) GenericDAO implemts IDAO (abstract class) DAOFactory com.xyz.person IPersonDAO (interface) PersonDAO extends GenericDAO implements IPersonDAO com.xyx.department IDepartmentDAO (interface) DepartmentDAO extends GenericDAO implemts DepartmentDAO
The reasoning is: you’ll much more often want to have all classes related to person functionality in one place. Not often you need all DAO classes.
(source: yuml.me)