Re: Spec: retainValues + flush()

[Craig L Russell]

Hi Christiaan,

Slow getting through my email backlog after vacation...

On Aug 20, 2007, at 1:48 AM, Christiaan wrote:

Hi,

spec it says for retainValues


instances takes place at transaction commit."

This does not mention flush(), is this done on purpose?

I have a question about flush() in combination with retainValues. In the "If this flag is set to false, then eviction of transactional persistent

Yes, in the sense that retainValues and restoreValues are intended to specify the behavior of instances transitioning between transactions.

The reason why I ask
is that I was under the impression that flush() can be used to free up

become hollow after flush() is being called.

resources if possible, for instance when performing a large transaction. It would be beneficial for memory usage if already processed objects would

Best regards,

Craig

The explicit evict methods are intended for this kind of memory management usage. Are there issues with evict for your purposes?

kind regards,
Christiaan
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