Object Programming Tips

• Can you recommend a book to learn about object-oriented programming in IDL?
• How can I restore an object's methods at the same time I restore a saved object?
• Can you show me how to make and return a copy of my object from within a method.
• How can I write a general extraction method for any field in an object?
• The objects in my IDL run-time application don't seem to work. What's going on?
• What's up with IDL objects!? My INIT (or CLEANUP) method isn't running, even though I compiled it.
• My objects are slow to initalize. What's going on?
• Is defining a gazillion GetProperty/SetProperty keywords getting you down?
• Can I tell if an object has a particular method?
• I've heard about the Catalyst Library as an object framework for building IDL applications. Where is it?
• Isn't there a simple way to get all my object's properties in IDL?
• My object programs in IDL 8 run perfectly, but spew nonsense. Is this a feature?