--000325554e465ff989047af9310c Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 5:15 PM, Intransition <transfire / gmail.com> wrote: > So that's the idea. Getting back to the main question: What's the best > way to encapsulate information and behavior when there is no state? > > There's a bit of a contradiction here. To paraphrase what you said: What's the best way to encapsulate "State" and behavior when there is no state? If there is unique information captured in objects (encapsulation) you have state. You should look at modeling the system in a purely functional manner, but it is hard to see what you are attempting to do. -- http://richardconroy.blogspot.com --000325554e465ff989047af9310c--