Since visual editor is the only way we let people edit the mapping file, I am +1 have a zip file containing all the files.
--Srinath On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 1:21 PM, Melan Nimesh <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Architecture mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.wso2.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/architecture > > -- ============================ Srinath Perera, Ph.D. http://people.apache.org/~hemapani/ http://srinathsview.blogspot.com/
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