Teddy, I have checked into both Reactor for ColdFusion and Transfer ORM. What I don't like about Reactor is the ActiveRecords implementation - not because there is anything wrong with it but that I am still learning and don't know much about it.
Transfer seems much more "up my alley", but at present I am wanting full control over my code as I am building my first OO application. The code generation and automatic updating is really neat, and I will probably rely on it heavily in the future. However, at this time I really need to get in and learn what the code is doing and prefer to update my objects when the database changes, etc. As far as "comparing notes", I believe that one-to-many relationships have to be hand coded as custom gateways. However, I do recall that you can specify relationships in the config.xml file and it will generate the code from there. The only problem is that both transfer and reactor do not use service layers, which changes things a bit. -Aaron On 12/7/06, Teddy Payne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have you thought of exploring Reactor for ColdFusion( > http://trac.reactorframework.com/reactor)? It is an ORM that implements > this idea. You can compare notes so to speak. > > Another interesting ORM is Transfer ( > http://www.compoundtheory.com/?action=transfer.index). > > Teddy > > > On 12/7/06, Aaron Roberson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I have an OO newbie question about ORM and composition. > > > > Is it better to create a "has-a" relationship between one-to-many > > objects than to just invoke the objects separately? > > > > For instance, I have a product object (bean, DAO, gateway and service) > > and a product items object (bean, DAO, gateway, service). Each product > > has many product items. Is it better to map the product items to the > > product object (array, struct or query) through the product's service > > layer or to just invoke each object and pass them the product id? > > > > I hope my question is clear. Thanks for your help, > > Aaron > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:263223 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
