RE: Precision = Scale?

From: Andrus Adamchik (andru..bjectstyle.org)
Date: Thu Dec 02 2004 - 13:22:22 EST

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    > On a side note, is it possible to specify an alternate Java type in the
    > modeler for an ObjEntity attribute? In our old EOF model, we have many
    > instances of a custom data type (MOFixed[1-6] which is an integer in the
    > database) that I'd like to try to replicate if possible. For example, a
    > MOFixed3 represents 6.875 as 6875 in the database ... I thought at
    > first I could just subclass java.lang.Integer, but they made it a final
    > class (gotta love Java).

    You can enter your own class the for any ObjAttribute in the Modeler. To
    make it work with Cayenne you will need to install a custom ExtendedType:

    http://objectstyle.org/cayenne/api/cayenne/org/objectstyle/cayenne/access/types/package-summary.html

    (I need to realy document ExtendedTypes in the User Guide)...

    Andrus



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