Hi Ali,There are a number of interesting things that we can do with this technology, and I'd like to explore them.
On Mar 10, 2008, at 10:05 AM, Ali H. Ibrahim wrote:
Hi,I am interested in writing a connector for OpenJPA and Autofetch. Autofetch is an open source project I am working on (http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~aibrahim/autofetch ) which automatically specifies fetch plans for queries. The basic approach is to monitor the traversal of query results and "learn" the right fetch plan when you execute similar queries in the future. The query result type as well as the program stack is used to identify queries and distinguish between query invocations in different contexts. The Autofetch web page has an example of the software engineering benefits of this approach in addition to the simplicity of not having to specify fetch plans. I already have a Hibernate connector which works pretty well.What I am looking for is the appropriate extension points (if available) to perform the integration with OpenJPA:1. I need to intercept entity property accesses (either via field or getter access). I need to be able to do this for proxies as well as instantiated entities.
A callback from StateManager would probably work best here. One thing I'd worry about is performance. Calling back a listener on every field access might be bad, so I'd like to see how to reduce the impact. Perhaps establish an algorithm in which the callback is only invoked for every 1000 calls?
2. I need to be able to store some state in proxies / enhanced entities and have them implement an additional interface.
This needs a bit more detail. OpenJPA would have to instrument the entity differently. And implementing an additional interface and field impacts serializability.
3. I need to intercept lazy collection instantiation.
A StateManager callback is probably the best thing for this.
4. I need to be able to store some state in a collection associations whether they have been instantiated yet or not.
We already know this. The internal API could be used instead of your own extra field.
5. I need to be able to create a fetch plan dynamically for queries, finds, etc. I think this is already pretty straightforward in OpenJPA (even easier than Hibernate).
This is a good idea, and a callback from the query processor might be the approach.
Let's discuss in some more detail. Craig
For Hibernate, I was able to get points 1,2 by createing a custom "tuplizer" which handles instantiating and proxying entities. Points 3,4 were harder and required hacking around the configuration although I was able to do it without duplicating much code and without forking the codebase. Point 5 was taken care of by creating custom load listeners and wrapping criteria queries, although I have not figured out how to deal with HQL queries.Any help is appreciated. Regards, Ali Ibrahim
Craig Russell Architect, Sun Java Enterprise System http://java.sun.com/products/jdo 408 276-5638 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] P.S. A good JDO? O, Gasp!
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