I just fixed a few things that were mentioned here (see CAY-562 for
details). The new code will be included in June 9 nightly build.
Andrus
On Jun 5, 2006, at 1:44 AM, Tomi NA wrote:
> On 6/4/06, Andrus Adamchik <andru..bjectstyle.org> wrote:
>> My experience is that class generator is actually much more usable in
>> B3/RC1 than it was in B2. So I guess some usage scenarios work better
>> than others (e.g. I used it extensively on an ROP project, meaning
>> standard server and client templates, but rarely with custom
>> templates). BTW, before retesting any of these could you please reset
>> the preferences by deleting ~/.cayenne/prefs directory, just in case.
>
> I'll see what I can do, but my experimenting time is at the moment
> very, very short: I'm limited to reporting what I see as best as I
> can.
> Update: I just tried it again and now I can't reconstruct the invalid
> code generation. I suppose I somhow put the modeler in an anforseen
> state yesterday which gave me invalid (and in a couple of variants!)
> generated code every time. Today's only run was flawless.
>
>> > * previous code generation behaviour was:
>> > a) select a class->generate code-> result: only one class
>> preselected
>> > in the code generation dialog
>> > b) select a map->generate code-> result: all classes are
>> preselected
>> > in the code generation dialog
>>
>> I think I recognize this issue - will work on it.
>>
>> > * the modeler can't seem to remember the output directory for code
>> > generation, that is, it always appends "cayenne" to an otherwise
>> valid
>> > (remembered) directory path
>>
>> I am not seeing that. Could you open a bug report with some
>> screenshots
>
> I would but I've lost my jira password (tnakic user acc.), used "send
> password to e-mail address" and haven't received anything in any of my
> inboxes (I can't recall which address I used to open the acc.) If
> someone could do something about it (Andrus?), I'd be gratefull - I
> don't like opening new accounts because of lost passwords.
>
>> > * I had a lot of problems working with custom code generation
>> > templates: once modified, they generated completely invalid
>> > (super)classes, sometimes not parsed at all, other times with weird
>> > import statements
>> > - the solution? used beta 2 with the same templates, worked
>> > like a charm
>>
>> Also works for me - please log the details in Jira
>
> See first comment. I couldn't repeat the error today.
>
>> > * the template properties dialog doesn't allow modification of
>> > existing templates
>>
>> Can you elaborate?
>
> Sorry, I ment modify as in "allow the user to change the name of the
> template". I should have been more clear. An added bonus would be
> "open with arbitrary editor" or ad a text editor preference or...well,
> I could go on with suggestions. :-)
>
>> > * the template properties dialog doesn't remember the last
>> directory
>> > from which the user loaded a template so the user has to
>> navigate the
>> > whole path for every template version he uses if he defined a
>> couple
>> > of templates in advance (as I did, for example)
>>
>> Will fix this.
>>
>> > * the modeler would be *sooo* much more understandable
>> alltogether if
>> > it had a tooltip (a sentence or two explaining what the user's
>> looking
>> > at) attached to most components, so that users wouldn't have to
>> wonder
>> > what e.g. "generation mode: Once per every Entity" means or have to
>> > look it up on the Internet.
>> > A couple of other examples where tooltips would help are "allow
>> client
>> > entities", "[Entity object] Qualifier", "Import EOModel". I
>> could name
>> > about several dozens more.
>>
>> It's been asked by other users recently as well. Won't happen in 1.2,
>> but we may do this in the future releases.
>
> Funny, doesn't really seem like a major change, certainly not
> technically - if anything, the possibility of breaking current code by
> adding tooltips is close to zero. Not that I'm in a hurry, it's just
> that I don't know what the problem is. I suppose it isn't as easy as
> it seems, writing 100+ thought through explanations about misc.
> elements of the modeler...
>
>> > To wash away the aftertaste left behind by such a list of rought
>> > edges, I can only say I look forward to developing cayenne-powered
>> > apps in the future as well as returning to work on my current
>> > cayenne-powered app, now that beta 2 came through where RC1
>> failed. :)
>>
>> And you can also recall that 1.1 didn't have most of this
>> functionality at all. It is new, and we are still testing it, so
>> thanks for the feedback - we will certainly fix all these wrinkles.
>
> I've been using 1.2 so long now it's hard to recall a time when there
> was anything else. :) Of course, I started using cayenne just a couple
> of months before 1.2 appeard on the horizon.
>
> t.n.a.
>
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