Re: Creating new object in validateForInsert or validateForSave (are you certain?) (Oups...)

From: Alexander Lamb (dev) ("Alexander)
Date: Sun Jan 21 2007 - 16:10:08 EST

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    Well, it might be me... having trouble with a class hierarchy. So
    first I'll check that, then I'll be back with the validateForInsert :-)

    On Jan 21, 2007, at 6:49 PM, Alexander Lamb (dev) wrote:

    > Hello, me again!
    >
    > Are you certain it is possible to handle fetches and creations in
    > validateForInsert like this for example:
    >
    > public void validateForInsert(ValidationResult validationResult)
    > {
    > Scope scope = Scope.scopeWithShortNameInContext
    > (this.getShortName(),this.getDataContext());
    > if(scope == null)
    > {
    > RegistryScope registryScope = new RegistryScope();
    > this.getDataContext().registerNewObject(registryScope);
    > registryScope.setShortName(this.getShortName());
    > registryScope.setScopeClass("REGISTRY");
    > registryScope.setName(this.getLongName());
    > registryScope.setRegistry(this);
    > }
    > }
    >
    > I get a wonderfull index out of bounds deep in the cayenne classes:
    >
    > java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: Index: 0, Size: 0
    > at java.util.ArrayList.RangeCheck(ArrayList.java:546)
    > at java.util.ArrayList.get(ArrayList.java:321)
    > at java.util.Collections$UnmodifiableList.get
    > (Collections.java:1155)
    > at
    > org.apache.cayenne.access.trans.SelectTranslator.appendQueryColumns
    > (SelectTranslator.java:400)
    > at
    > org.apache.cayenne.access.trans.SelectTranslator.buildResultColumns
    > (SelectTranslator.java:338)
    > at
    > org.apache.cayenne.access.trans.SelectTranslator.createSqlString
    > (SelectTranslator.java:113)
    > at
    > org.apache.cayenne.dba.mysql.MySQLSelectTranslator.createSqlString
    > (MySQLSelectTranslator.java:31)
    > at
    > org.apache.cayenne.access.trans.QueryAssembler.createStatement
    > (QueryAssembler.java:95)
    > at org.apache.cayenne.access.jdbc.SelectAction.performAction
    > (SelectAction.java:71)
    > at org.apache.cayenne.access.DataNodeQueryAction.runQuery
    > (DataNodeQueryAction.java:59)
    > at org.apache.cayenne.access.DataNode.performQueries
    > (DataNode.java:273)
    > at org.apache.cayenne.access.DataDomainQueryAction.runQuery
    > (DataDomainQueryAction.java:319)
    > at org.apache.cayenne.access.DataDomainQueryAction.access
    > $000(DataDomainQueryAction.java:60)
    > at org.apache.cayenne.access.DataDomainQueryAction
    > $1.transform(DataDomainQueryAction.java:291)
    > at org.apache.cayenne.access.DataDomain.runInTransaction
    > (DataDomain.java:820)
    > at
    > org.apache.cayenne.access.DataDomainQueryAction.runQueryInTransaction(
    > DataDomainQueryAction.java:288)
    > at org.apache.cayenne.access.DataDomainQueryAction.execute
    > (DataDomainQueryAction.java:109)
    > at org.apache.cayenne.access.DataDomain.onQuery
    > (DataDomain.java:730)
    > at org.apache.cayenne.util.ObjectContextQueryAction.runQuery
    > (ObjectContextQueryAction.java:217)
    > at org.apache.cayenne.access.DataContextQueryAction.execute
    > (DataContextQueryAction.java:54)
    > at org.apache.cayenne.access.DataContext.onQuery
    > (DataContext.java:1386)
    > at org.apache.cayenne.access.DataContext.performQuery
    > (DataContext.java:1375)
    > at ch.rodano.role.model.Scope.scopeWithShortNameInContext
    > (Scope.java:18)
    > at ch.rodano.role.model.Registry.validateForInsert
    > (Registry.java:39)
    >
    >
    > On Jan 17, 2007, at 8:53 AM, Andrus Adamchik wrote:
    >
    >> Hi Alex,
    >>
    >> Yes you can do that. Validation routine is executed before object
    >> changes are finalized, allowing arbitrary object operations to be
    >> performed during the validation.
    >>
    >> Andrus
    >>
    >>
    >> On Jan 17, 2007, at 12:07 AM, Alexander Lamb (dev) wrote:
    >>
    >>> Hello list,
    >>>
    >>> I am currently using Cayenne 2.0.
    >>>
    >>> I read it was possible to modify objects during a
    >>> validateForInsert or validateForSave call (e.g. not the same as
    >>> old WebObjects).
    >>>
    >>> What about creating a new object and inserting it in the
    >>> DataContext? Will it get saved at the same time?
    >>>
    >>> My problem is the following:
    >>>
    >>> I have an object which has a to-one relationship to another
    >>> object. That other object has to be created at the same time as
    >>> the first one. I would like to make it automatic so the user of
    >>> the library I am writing can simply create and insert the first
    >>> object and the second one will follow.
    >>>
    >>> To understand why I am creating two objects related one-to-one it
    >>> is because I have an entity which can be related (to-one) to
    >>> either one of four other entities. I am doing this instead of
    >>> modeling things with a class hierarchy since cayenne doesn't
    >>> support multiple tables class hierarchies.
    >>>
    >>> Thanks for any hints!
    >>>
    >>> Alex
    >>>
    >>
    >



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