Hi,

In the directory call kernel, why there is only one class XoopsUser whitch implement the constructor with the id : XoopsUser($id = null).
$user = new XoopsUser($id);

The others classes use the handler to make the instanciation :
example with privmessage:
$pm_handler =& xoops_gethandler('privmessage');
$pm =& $pm_handler->get($idmsg);

why there is no function in XoopsPrivmessage called XoopsPrivmessage($id = null).
Is it the volontary to be closest from the factory pattern ?

Why there is this différentes between user and the other kernel classes ? To you think it is a good think ?

Thank for your response .

new XoopsUser($id) should NEVER be used. It is there for backwards compatibility with older code.

New classes with the XoopsObject/XoopsObjectHandler relationship should use the handler->get($id) instead.

Preferably the only place there would ever be a

is in the create() method on the handler class.