Hi list,
I was using Cayenne the other day and I didn't see an elegant way for
recognizing when another user has made changes to the same object I have
changed.
Let's use an example:
I have a Person entity with firstName and lastName attributes.
The instance in question has the values "Dave" and "Paules" respectively.
user1 and user2 have both fetched the Person instance Dave Paules.
Let's say user1 changes the firstName attribute from "Dave" to "dave". He
commits his change.
Meanwhile user2 decides to change the lastName attribute from "Paules" to
"PAULES".
After committing his change to lastName, user2 will not see user1's
firstName change once his commit has successfully completed. user2, even
thought he was making changes to an object, and that object needs to be
reconciled with the database (or at least the ObjectStore's snapshot), it is
not.
user2 believes after his commit that the Person has values "Dave" and
"PAULES". In reality, the ObjectStore and the database have the correct
values: "dave" and "PAULES".
Why is user2's object not updated first from the ObjectStore's snapshot
during a commit, and then his changes applied on top of this most recent
view?
Perhaps this cannot be done for toMany relationships, but it should be
possible for 1:1 and local persistent attributes of the object.
What are your thoughts? I think this automation is sorely missed in Cayenne.
Does anyone know of a more elegant workaround? Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Dave Paules
Quantum Leap Innovations
www.quantumleap.us
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