Hi
I have a program where I am making connections between objects of the same class. I want to ensure that I don't make the same connectiontwice and I'm looking for a smart way to do it - the dumbest way I figure would involve making a child array within each class to which I might add each connecting object and check within that list each time before making additional connections...is there an easier way?

if I go the dumb checking route, how do I see if an object is already in an array that I have specified? DO I go through each item in the array and check to make sure that I don't uncover some identifier of that object?

thanks for any advice