Kevin,
I don't remember if I sent this example.
But here is a real example of generated data from a XML mapping file I
included the mapping file also.
As near as I can tell this is the same format as your example.
Hope that this helps.
-John
The Mapping File.
<model>
<entity name="com.bds.app.actiontracker.framework.eo.Item"
xmlTag="Item">
<property name="statusId" xmlTag="statusId"/>
<property name="itemIdentifier" xmlTag="itemIdentifier"/>
<property name="priorityId" xmlTag="PriorityId"/>
<property name="openedBy.firstName" xmlTag="openedFirstName"/>
<property name="openedBy" xmlTag="openedBy"/>
<property name="ownedBy" xmlTag="ownedBy"/>
<property name="notifications" xmlTag="notifications"/>
<property name="status.displayName" xmlTag="status"/>
<property name="priority.displayName" xmlTag="priority"/>
<property name="component.displayName" xmlTag="component"/>
<property name="shortDescription" xmlTag="shortDescription"/>
<property name="dateAdded" xmlTag="dateAdded"/>
<property name="dateDue" xmlTag="dateDue"/>
<property name="dateResolved" xmlTag="dateResolved"/>
<property name="assignTos" xmlTag="assignTos"/>
<property name="statusText" xmlTag="statusText"/>
<property name="resolutionText" xmlTag="resolutionText"/>
<property name="itemId" xmlTag="itemId"/>
<property name="itemNum" xmlTag="itemNum"/>
<property name="itemTypeId" xmlTag="itemTypeId"/>
<property name="itemType.displayName" xmlTag="itemType"/>
<property name="projectId" xmlTag="projectId"/>
<property name="project.projectName" xmlTag="project"/>
<property name="longDescription" xmlTag="longDescription"/>
<property name="url" xmlTag="url"/>
<property name="releaseItems" xmlTag="releaseItems"/>
<!-- <property name="release.releaseName" xmlTag="releaseName"/>
<property name="release.shortReleaseName"
xmlTag="shortReleaseName"/> -->
</entity>
<entity name="com.bds.app.actiontracker.framework.eo.User"
xmlTag="openedBy">
<property name="firstName" xmlTag="firstName"/>
<property name="lastName" xmlTag="lastName"/>
</entity>
<entity name="com.bds.app.actiontracker.framework.eo.ReleaseItems"
xmlTag="releaseItems">
<property name="releaseItemsId" xmlTag="releaseItemsId"/>
<property name="release.releaseName" xmlTag="releaseName"/>
<property name="release.releaseVersion" xmlTag="releaseVersion"/>
</entity>
<entity name="com.bds.app.actiontracker.framework.eo.User"
xmlTag="ownedBy">
<property name="firstName" xmlTag="firstName"/>
<property name="lastName" xmlTag="lastName"/>
</entity>
<entity name="com.bds.app.actiontracker.framework.eo.NotifyList"
xmlTag="notifications">
<property name="user.firstName" xmlTag="firstName"/>
<property name="user.lastName" xmlTag="lastName"/>
</entity>
<entity name="com.bds.app.actiontracker.framework.eo.AssignTo"
xmlTag="assignTos">
<property name="user.firstName" xmlTag="firstName"/>
<property name="user.lastName" xmlTag="lastName"/>
</entity>
<entity name="com.bds.app.actiontracker.framework.eo.TextValue"
xmlTag="statusText">
<property name="createdBy.firstName" xmlTag="firstName"/>
<property name="createdBy.lastName" xmlTag="lastName"/>
<property name="textValue" xmlTag="description"/>
<property name="createdOn" xmlTag="createdOn"/>
</entity>
<entity name="com.bds.app.actiontracker.framework.eo.TextValue"
xmlTag="resolutionText">
<property name="createdBy.firstName" xmlTag="firstName"/>
<property name="createdBy.lastName" xmlTag="lastName"/>
<property name="textValue" xmlTag="description"/>
<property name="createdOn" xmlTag="createdOn"/>
</entity>
</model>
The Generated XML:
<Item>
<dateResolved></dateResolved>
<openedFirstName>John</openedFirstName>
<itemId>156</itemId>
<shortDescription>Update entry page to auto populate the Date Added
field</shortDescription>
<projectId>4</projectId>
<itemTypeId>1</itemTypeId>
<ownedBy>
<lastName>Martyniak</lastName>
<firstName>John</firstName>
</ownedBy>
<url></url>
<PriorityId>2</PriorityId>
<openedBy>
<lastName>Martyniak</lastName>
<firstName>John</firstName>
</openedBy>
<priority>High</priority>
<dateDue></dateDue>
<assignTos>
<firstName>John</firstName>
<lastName>Martyniak</lastName>
</assignTos>
<itemType>Action</itemType>
<statusId>1</statusId>
<project>Project Tracker</project>
<status>New</status>
<dateAdded>2004-02-27 05:00:00 Etc/GMT</dateAdded>
<itemNum>0</itemNum>
<releaseItems>
<releaseVersion>5.0.1</releaseVersion>
<releaseName>August Build</releaseName>
<releaseItemsId>7</releaseItemsId>
</releaseItems>
<itemIdentifier>PTRK - ACTN - 156</itemIdentifier>
<component>Database</component>
<longDescription></longDescription>
</Item>
On 12/2/04 1:25 PM, "Kevin J. Menard, Jr." <nirvdru..egativetwenty.net>
wrote:
>
> On Dec 2, 2004, at 1:13 PM, Andrus Adamchik wrote:
>
>> I agree - any properties shouldbe rooted in the entity that encloses
>> them
>> (doesn't matter if this is the main or a dependent entity).
>
> Ok. Thanks for the feedback on this guys. This will make my life much
> simpler :-)
>
>> As for the other question about the order of dependent objects
>> instantiation... there
>> can be different possibilities. One is to do it in constructor (would
>> make
>> sense for an internal HashMap), another one is to create it on demand
>> before setting the property (e.g. if a dependent is a DataObject)...
>>
>
> The way I'm proceeding then is, if it's a property in the main entity
> that doesn't reference another entity, assume it's created in the
> constructor. For those properties that refer to other entities, I have
> enough information from the other entity block to create the object and
> then set property afterward.
>
>> By the way, I am about to start a project that does a lot of heavy-duty
>> XML encoding-decoding... So I am really looking forward to using this
>> feature.
>
> I'll try to get a beta out shortly then, so you and John (and others)
> can give me feedback on it. At this stage, encoding is pretty well
> set, and decoding with a map file is pretty well set. I need to get
> decoding without a map file done, and I'm probably going to wrap up
> exceptions like the WebObjects interface did (so, just some maintenance
> tasks).
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