Hey, look at that! I was rambling about the same things a year ago, too. I'll open up two JIRA issues and assign them to me.
Thanks! /dev/mrg On 6/28/07, Andrus Adamchik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Jun 28, 2007, at 6:18 PM, Michael Gentry wrote: > For some reason, I thought CayenneDataObject had a > writeNestedProperty() method, but it doesn't seem to. It looks like > PropertyUtils has the ability to do this, though (although I might > need to patch it). Would it make since to make writing nested paths > available in CayenneDataObject, too? There was a thread on that some time back. I think there were no objections to adding it: http://objectstyle.org/cayenne/lists/cayenne-user/2006/06/0180.html > Also, while I'm thinking of path-type things, would it make since to > change readNestedProperty() to handle this case (quoting from the > JavaDoc): > > Read to-many relationship in the middle of the path (throws > exception): > String name = (String)artist.readNestedProperty > ("paintingArray.paintingName"); > > If memory serves, I believe EOF handles this situation by returning an > array or list of paintingName values. Then you could do: > > List names = (List) artist.readNestedProperty > ("paintingArray.paintingName"); I am +1 - that's an important feature. But to be fully consistent, we need to make sure it works for POJOs the same way (when filtering in- memory with Expressions). Andrus
