Mixing REL and RS Code in a Library

You should not mix code for REL and code with constructors in any one class, as this can have side-effects. You encounter the issue when constructors that take arguments are used.

Example

The following examples illustrate what should and should not be done:

The following class can be used with REL.

public class MyClass
{
  public String myFunction(String argument)
  {
    // Code
  }
}

The following class can be used with REL.

public class MyClass
{
  private int someVariable;

  public MyClass()
  {
    someVariable = 0; // Default value
  }

  public MyClass(int newValue)
  {
    someVariable = newValue;
  }

  public String myFunction(String argument)
  {
    // Code
  }
}

The following example will have side-effects

public class MyClass
{
  private int someVariable;

  public MyClass(int newValue)
  {
    someVariable = newValue;
  }

  public String myFunction(String argument)
  {
    // Code
  }
}