[QUESTION] MultiAnimalsLinkedBlocks in loadobj?

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Question

Is the nigeLab.Block/loadobj() call to nigeLab.Block.MultiAnimalsLinkedBlocks in use for the MultiAnimals splitting feature?

Concern

This implies that nigeLab.Block.MultiAnimalsLinkedBlocks is saved with the Block. However, I thought we were avoiding saving objects as properties?

• I have nearly finished implementing nigeLab.nigelObj superclass from which methods and properties are inherited by nigeLab.Block, nigeLab.Animal, and nigeLab.Tank.
  • This should reduce the amount of times we add a feature for Block but forget to add it to Animal or Tank for example.
  • I had assigned the Property Attribute Transient to things like all of the .Listeners, which effectively does the same thing as removing then re-adding them after saveobj. Since nigeLab.Block.MultiAnimalsLinkedBlocks is also an object, I didn't know if I should add it to the list of Transient Properties. Same thing for nigeLab.Animals.MultiAnimalsLinkedAnimals.

[m053m716]

Consensus is that anywhere that nigelObj or subclass is used as a property, it should have the Transient attribute.