I'll try to do this over the weekend. If someone beats me to it, just
drop a note here.
Thanks!
On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 1:14 PM, Andrey Razumovsky
<razumovsky.andre..mail.com> wrote:
> Currently all screenshots of modeler are done in OS X. I don't have Mac, so
> could someone update the second screenshot on this page?
>
> 2008/11/20, confluenc..pache.org <confluence@apache.org>:
>>
>> Page Edited : CAYDOC <http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CAYDOC> :
>> Reverse Engineer Database<http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CAYDOC/Reverse+Engineer+Database>
>>
>> Reverse Engineer Database<http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CAYDOC/Reverse+Engineer+Database>has been edited by Andrey
>> Razumosky <http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/~andrey> (Nov 20,
>> 2008).
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>> (View changes)<http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/diffpagesbyversion.action?pageId=10662&originalVersion=3&revisedVersion=4>
>> Content:
>> Reverse Engineer Database
>>
>> *Start Reverse Engineering.* To reverse engineer a database you need to
>> select either a DataDomain or one of its children on the project tree. Then
>> select "Tools > Reengineer Database Schema" from the menu. "Connect to
>> Database" dialog will be presented.
>> Reverse-engineering behavior is sensitive to the current project tree
>> selection. If you selected a DataDomain or a DataNode, a new DataMap will be
>> created and all reengineered tables will be put in this DataMap. If you had
>> an existing DataMap (or one of its entities) selected when you started
>> reverse engineering, new tables will be merged into the existing DataMap.
>>
>> *Configure Database Connection.* "Connect to Database" dialog allows to
>> specify alternative connection parameters. If a DataNode was selected when
>> reverse engineering started, its connection information is shown by default.
>> You can use suggested default connection, select one of the stored local
>> DataSources from "Saved DataSources" dropdown (those can be edited on the
>> spot by clicking "..." button), or type your own info. When desired
>> connection is selected, click "Continue". Cayenne will attempt to connect to
>> the database and if connection is successful, "Select Options" dialog is
>> presented.
>>
>> *Configure Options.* "Select Options" dialog allows to specify what needs
>> to be reverse engineered. If a database supports schemas, one of the listed
>> schemas should be selected. Table and stored procedure patterns allow to
>> control which tables/procedures are included in reverse engineering.
>> Patterns should be in the format used by SQL LIKE clause (e.g. "ABC", "ABC%"
>> or" %" or "A%T", etc.).
>>
>> *Naming strategies.* Since Cayenne 3.0 you can obtain control over
>> DbRelationship, ObjEntity, ObjAttribute and ObjRelationship names
>> generation. This is achieved by implementing
>> org.apache.cayenne.access.reveng.NamingStrategy interface. Modeler itself is
>> distrubuted with two default strategies.
>>
>> org.apache.cayenne.access.reveng.BasicNamingStrategy generates names in
>> Cayenne 2.0-style. Thus, to-one relationships will be prefixed by "to",
>> to-many relationships will be postfixed by 'Array'. Examples of such names
>> are "toArtist" and "paintingArray".
>>
>> org.apache.cayenne.modeler.util.SmartNamingStrategy uses FK column names
>> for to-one relationship names (e.g. if FK column is called "ARTIST_ID" or
>> "ARTISTID" the relationship's name will be just "artist"). To-many
>> relationship names are pluralized forms of other-side entities names, e.g.
>> "paintings". Pluralization is done in rules of English language using
>> Inflector <https://inflector.dev.java.net/>.
>>
>> To use one of predefined strategies or your own one you must specify
>> strategy class name in "Naming Stragegy" field of "Select Options" dialog.
>> JAR with user strategy must be attached using Tools->Preferences->ClassPath
>> bookmark. NamingStrategy implementation must have a public default
>> constructor.
>>
>> *Running Reverse Engineering.* After desired options are selected, click
>> "Continue". Progress dialog will open. It will close automatically when
>> reverse-engineering is done. After that all database tables and stored
>> procedures that matched selected criteria will be added to the DataMap.
>> Default ObjEntity mapping will be created as well.
>>
>>
>> TODO: Change the screenshot.
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