Ah!!!
OK, now I see. As soon as you said that it generates the BMP bean, the
light went on in my head. For same reason, I had the wrong idea that this
thing somehow plugged into an application server, like a module or
something.
That was an excellant explanation, thanks very much!
Jim
--On Wednesday, August 23, 2000 12:16 PM -0700 Robert Castaneda
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Jim,
>
> I've done a little work with CocoBase, hopefully this will help out....
>
>
> At the heart of the Cocobase architecture is a MAP, which provides a
> level of indirection between an EJB and the fields that it maps to inside
> a relational database table(s). MAPs are generated with the CocoAdmin gui
> tool, which connects to a database and queries the metadata. Fields
> defined in a MAP can correspond to data in various tables, hence the
> complex mappings.
>
> Once you have a MAP defined, you can then generate a BMP bean from the
> CocoAdmin tool which has fields that correspond to the MAP. CocoBase will
> generate all the required code for implementing the MAP to database
> schema.
>
> CocoBase caters for the differences between each EJB container through
> some modifyable templates, which are used in the source code generation
> process.
>
> For JBoss 2.0 integration, there are some templates that are currently
> being tested.
>
> CocoBase doesnt actually 'run' inside the container, it generates beans
> that run inside each container and call it's own libraries.
>
> Hope this Helps,
>
> -Rob
>
>
>
> On Tue, 22 Aug 2000 08:43:24 -0400, Jim Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> How do tools like TopLink and Cocobase intergrate with an EJB server, and
>> what services, specifficially, do they provide? I realize they provide
>> the ability to do complex EB relationships, but I don't understand how.
>>
>> Also, what server specific dependancies are created with these tools?
>>
>> Thanks...
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>> --On Tuesday, August 22, 2000 8:42 AM +0200 Rickard Öberg
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 22 Aug 2000 05:27:20 GMT, vikas gupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I feel Weblogic should be the choice if you are thinking of doing some
>>>> complex Entity Bean-EntityBean or EntityBean-Object mapping .
>>>> Weblogic provides exclusive support for these
>>>> Bean-Object-DataBase Mapping Tools (TOPLink).
>>>
>>> <vendor>
>>> For complex O/R mapping jBoss will support CocoBase in the
>>> not-so-distant future.
>>> </vendor>
>>>
>>> Please define "exclusive support"? :-)
>>>
>>> /Rickard
>>>
>>> --
>>> Rickard Öberg
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