Hey, look at that! I was rambling about the same things a year ago,
too. I'll open up two JIRA issues and assign them to me.
Thanks!
/dev/mrg
On 6/28/07, Andrus Adamchik <andru..bjectstyle.org> wrote:
>
> On Jun 28, 2007, at 6:18 PM, Michael Gentry wrote:
>
> > For some reason, I thought CayenneDataObject had a
> > writeNestedProperty() method, but it doesn't seem to. It looks like
> > PropertyUtils has the ability to do this, though (although I might
> > need to patch it). Would it make since to make writing nested paths
> > available in CayenneDataObject, too?
>
> There was a thread on that some time back. I think there were no
> objections to adding it:
>
> http://objectstyle.org/cayenne/lists/cayenne-user/2006/06/0180.html
>
>
> > Also, while I'm thinking of path-type things, would it make since to
> > change readNestedProperty() to handle this case (quoting from the
> > JavaDoc):
> >
> > Read to-many relationship in the middle of the path (throws
> > exception):
> > String name = (String)artist.readNestedProperty
> > ("paintingArray.paintingName");
> >
> > If memory serves, I believe EOF handles this situation by returning an
> > array or list of paintingName values. Then you could do:
> >
> > List names = (List) artist.readNestedProperty
> > ("paintingArray.paintingName");
>
> I am +1 - that's an important feature. But to be fully consistent, we
> need to make sure it works for POJOs the same way (when filtering in-
> memory with Expressions).
>
> Andrus
>
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