Hi, On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 12:34 PM, Gayan Yalpathwala <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > Data-mapper configuration file that is generated from the tool is > currently saved in .js (javascript) extension which is planned to be > changed to an abstract file type (Let's say .mapconfig). This is mainly > because, user does not need to be aware that the configuration is in > javascript since we are not going to support reverse-engineering for manual > changes done in the file. > +1 to this approach. > > Additionally, in order to populate data-mapper editor in developer studio, > two other files (.datamapper and .datamapper_diagram) are generated > automatically. These files are not known to the user yet they are > compulsory to be present in the system to generate the design view. > is there any specific reason to maintain two files (.datamapper and .datamapper_diagram) ?, There's an option in GMF to use same file for diagram and model in order to keep it simple > > This becomes a concern when analyzing use case of 'importing an existing > configuration from the file system'. Here, user browsing a xxx.mapconfig > file from file system will not be sufficient as other two files are > missing. What if we can come up with a compound file type which is > obviously a zip type including .mapconfig, .datamapper and > .datamapper_diagram in it? I hope this will solve the above problem as user > can point the compound file directly. > .mapconfig generates from .datamapper (model) file, right? so it's redundancy. I guess it's better to generate .mapconfig when needed (such as artifact exporting, deploying,etc ) > > Thanks, > > -- > *Gayan Kaushalya Yalpathwala* > Software Engineer > WSO2 Inc.; http://wso2.com > lean.enterprise.middleware > > mobile: +94 71 8682704 <http://asia14.wso2con.com/> > > <http://asia14.wso2con.com/> > > _______________________________________________ > Architecture mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.wso2.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/architecture > > -- *Melan Nimesh* Software Engineer; WSO2 Inc.; http://wso2.org E-mail: melan AT wso2.com; Mobile: +94 77 631 6759
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