RE: Abstract Entities [Was: Modelling improvements: inheritance + interfacing (Draft)]

From: Kevin Menard (kmenar..ervprise.com)
Date: Wed May 30 2007 - 12:40:42 EDT

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    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Aristedes Maniatis [mailto:ar..aniatis.org]
    > Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 4:32 AM
    > To: de..ayenne.apache.org
    > Subject: Re: Abstract Entities [Was: Modelling improvements:
    > inheritance + interfacing (Draft)]
    >
    > > * Changes to the code generation templates to generate
    > abstract java
    > > classes for such entities
    >
    > Yes and the setIsAbstract() and getIsAbstract() functions for
    > ObjEntity which go hand in hand.

    I'm clearly showing my ignorance on the matter here, but what does it
    mean for an object to know that it's abstract? Isn't that a property of
    the class? What happens when you subclass the ObjEntity? 

    -- 
Kevin

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