I remember we discussed this before... I agree. While
"readNestedProperty" is as good as "readProperty", there is no "write"
equivalent. Please feel free to check in this change yourself (and
maybe add these two methods to the DataObject interface).
Andrus
On Mar 13, 2004, at 9:56 AM, Andriy Shapochka wrote:
> Hey Andrus,
>
> I am wondering is there any particular reason to have the methods
> CayenneDataObject.readProperty(...),
> CayenneDataObject.writeProperty(...)
> declared as *protected*? This makes it very difficult to write the code
> manipulating with data object properties / to-one relationships in a
> stable
> manner when those do not have the corresponding auto-generated accessor
> methods especially taking into considiration the implementation of the
> internal property resolution is changing now and then. For instance the
> dataviews relying on the old property behavior and the outdated
> readProperty
> imitation have recently become broken. What would you say about making
> read/writeProperty public in CayenneDataObject? And if this is
> possible,
> when can this be done (I need to fix my code broken by the newer
> cayenne
> dist rather promptly)?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Andriy.
>
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