Hi,
I am still interessted in an answer for the topic. Will there be a many to
many relation of instances of the same type in the near future ?
Best Regards
Boerries
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> Borries,
> Evidently when Assaf originally created Castor there were some items
> that either did not make it on the list of requirements or fell so low
> on the list that they did not make it into the product.
>
> Back during April/May 2001 time frame, Thomas Yip, Oleg Nitz, myself and
> a coworker at Avolent, Inc. (from which we were laid off in May) agreed
> to assist in a major refactoring of Castor JDO's internals to better
> support many new and highly requested features that are not possible
> with the state of the current code base. One of these things was self
> relations. Because I am no longer involved with this effort, I'm not
> sure of the state of the refactoring.
>
> To answer your questions, adding this support to Castor using the
> current code base would be extremely cumbersome and very difficult to
> maintain (as would many of the other features that should be added to
> Castor JDO). What I mean by Castor can handle a very simple form of self
> relations has been represented already in the example you offered - very
> simple objects will sometimes work in a self relating scenario. However,
> as you've also noticed this breaks down rather fast. I can't say when
> this support will be added because I'm no longer involved directly. What
> I can tell you is that back in April/May time frame there were
> definitely plans to add this feature.
>
> As I understand it, Thomas Yip is really the main person working on
> Castor JDO, and he only works on it during evenings and weekends.
> Therefore, resources from Intalio, Inc. for Castor JDO seem to be rather
> tight.
>
> Thomas, if you read this, can you provide some indication as to whether
> the refactoring of Castor JDO is still an ongoing effort? Also, if it
> is, can you inform us of its status?
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