Hi,
As some of you know, I'm working on an implementation of the
WOXMLCoder/Decoder system for Cayenne. Work has been progressing
along fairly well as I have time. I am running into a bit of a
logical issue with regards to the model file though that I'm hoping
someone more familiar with the system might be able to answer.
The first entity block is for the object being encoded, and each
subsequent one for helper objects. Are the property items specified
in these subsequent entities referring to the base object or the
helper one?
E.g., in the mapping file below:
<model>
<entity name="Test" xmlTag="Test">
<property name="name" xmlTag="statusId"/>
<property name="address" xmlTag="itemIdentifier"/>
<property name="phone" xmlTag="PriorityId"/>
<property name="map.key" xmlTag="embedded"/>
<property name="user" xmlTag="ownedBy"/>
</entity>
<entity name="User" xmlTag="ownedBy">
<property name="user.name" xmlTag="ownerName"/>
<property name="user.password" xmlTag="clearance"/>
</entity>
</model>
"user", a property of the Test object, is of type User, which has
properties "name" and "password". Should the second entity be using
properties "name" and "password" that reference a User object that
links to the "user" property in the first entity block, or should they
be written as they are, referencing the nested "user.name" and
"user.password" properties of the Test object?
And is it assumed that all properties are initialized in the
constructor? E.g., with "map.key" above, which is a HashMap, if it is
only valid after a "set" operation, I have to watch out for null
values. If it can be assumed to be initialized, then it's not a
problem.
Thanks,
Kevin
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