Re: Hollow object throwing FaultFailureException

From: Andrey Razumovsky (razumovsky.andre..mail.com)
Date: Wed Oct 07 2009 - 05:07:16 EDT

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    localObject() function doesn't mutate its arguments. This should be
    rewritten as
    this.entityAssnsToEntity =
    childDc.localObject(this.entityAssnsToEntity.getObjectId(),
    this.entityAssnsToEntity);

    (or create a local variable). Relationships between contexts are not allowed

    2009/10/7 Lawrence Gerstley <lawger..mail.com>

    > Hi,
    > So I'm trying the invalidation, but cannot do the follow-on assignment due
    > to the objects existing in different contexts. I created a nested context
    > for the creation of the healed row, as I wanted to commit that and nothing
    > else change-wise from the DataContext--reason: the user might cancel any
    > ongoing changes, but the healed row should be written as soon as it's
    > detected. However, now I can't make the assignment due to the parent record
    > existing in the parent context, and still fails when I try to move the
    > parent record to the nested context. Thus:
    >
    > try {
    > System.out.println( this.entityAssnsToEntity.getToEntryState().getOwner();
    > } catch (FaultFailureException e) {
    > DataContext childDc = dc.createChildDataContext();
    > // Create new EntryState with builder pattern
    > entryState = (Entrystate)ItemDirector.buildItem(new EntryStateBuilder(),
    > childDc);
    > childDc.localObject(this.entityAssnsToEntity.getObjectId(),
    > this.entityAssnsToEntity);
    >
    > this.entityAssnsToEntity.getObjectContext().getGraphManager().unregisterNode(
    > this.entityAssnsToEntity.getToEntryState());
    > this.entityAssnsToEntity.setToEntryState(entryState);
    > childDc.commitChanges();
    > }
    >
    > ...fails due to "Cannot set object as destination of relationship
    > toEntryState because it is in a different ObjectContext"
    >
    > Something must be missing here--am I off-track?
    >
    > Thanks--Lawrence
    > On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 1:51 AM, Andrey Razumovsky <
    > razumovsky.andre..mail.com> wrote:
    >
    > > Or, try to unregister HOLLOW object (using
    > > context.getGraphManager().unregisterNode()) before any changes
    > >
    > > 2009/10/7 Andrey Razumovsky <razumovsky.andre..mail.com>
    > >
    > > > Hi,
    > > >
    > > > I think this happens because HOLLOW object instance is not the same as
    > > NEW
    > > > object you're creaing. To get rid of HOLLOW object, I reccomend
    > > invalidating
    > > > ENTITYASSNSTOENTITY that points to missing row after healing that row
    > > (using
    > > > ObjectContext.invalidateObjects()).
    > > >
    > > > Hope this helps,
    > > >
    > > > 2009/10/7 Lawrence Gerstley <lawger..mail.com>
    > > >
    > > > Hello,
    > > >>
    > > >> I've searched back through old postings and seen a little bit about
    > this
    > > >> back in V2, but nothing recently. Was wondering if anyone had any idea
    > > how
    > > >> to handle this problem:
    > > >>
    > > >> Take a model including two tables: ENTITYASSNTOENTITY and ENTRYSTATE,
    > > >> where the column ENTRYSTATEID is present in both.
    > > >> ENTITYASSNTOENTITY.ENTRYSTATEID is a FK to ENTRYSTATE.ENTRYSTATEID
    > > (Primary
    > > >> Key). This is modeled as a one-to-one relationship.
    > > >>
    > > >> Problematically, it is possible for the ENTRYSTATEID in
    > > >> ENTITYASSNSTOENTITY to have a key populated in it that is now missing
    > in
    > > >> ENTRYSTATE. Certainly, this breaks integrity, but that's not under my
    > > >> control for historical and other reasons. Thus, when I have an
    > > >> ENTITYASSNSTOENTITY, such as eate1, and I want to get to the related
    > > >> ENTRYSTATE with a "toEntryState" method, I get a hollow object that
    > > refers
    > > >> to a missing ENTRYSTATE record. If I try to access any fields within
    > > that
    > > >> record, I get and catch a "FaultFailureException", indicating that I
    > > have no
    > > >> matching row in the database. That's all fine.
    > > >>
    > > >> What I need to do is to gracefully handle the error by allowing the
    > > >> database to "self-heal" from such a missing record. I want to populate
    > > the
    > > >> hollow object with values and commit it to reinsert a row in the
    > > database to
    > > >> correct for the integrity error, or create a new ENTRYSTATE object to
    > > take
    > > >> the place of the hollow and absent one. I tried to create a
    > > >> childDataContext, move the hollow and absent ENTRYSTATE record to it,
    > > >> populate, then commitChanges, but this still throws a follow-on
    > > exception
    > > >> for the missing row. If I create a new ENTRYSTATE and try to attach it
    > > with
    > > >> eate1.setToEntryState(newEntryState), I also get the same error
    > related
    > > to
    > > >> the absent record. When the application is restarted, however, all
    > works
    > > >> fine, because the missing record was committed and persisted, and now
    > no
    > > >> exceptions are thrown. The issue is that I want to handle this
    > > gracefully
    > > >> with no necessary reloading.
    > > >>
    > > >> Reading from previous postings, I saw some information on having to
    > > treat
    > > >> the relationship as a many-to-one, and handling it with covering
    > > methods. Is
    > > >> this the only fix for this issue? Should I commit the missing record,
    > > >> invalidate the state of the ENTITYASSNSTOENTITY object and reload?
    > > >>
    > > >> As always. thanks for any ideas you might have.
    > > >>
    > > >> Cheers--Lawrence
    > > >>
    > > >
    > > >
    > > >
    > > > --
    > > > Andrey
    > > >
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > > --
    > > Andrey
    > >
    >
    >
    >
    > --
    > ============================
    > Lawrence Gerstley, Ph.D.
    > PSMI Consulting
    >
    > Cel: 415.694-0844
    >

    -- 
    Andrey
    



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