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On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 3:46 AM, Nacho Coloma <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> SimpleDS, an alternative storage framework for GAE, has hit its 0.8.1
> release. This release includes a couple of interesting features:
>
> Multiple valued index
> ===============
> This is a little experiment that is working quite well for us. A new
> IndexManager class will store and retrieve simple representations of
> the Entity Index pattern introduced in Google I/O 2009. A simple
> example:
>
> @Entity
> @MultivaluedIndex(name="invitations", itemClass=Key.class)
> public class User {
>  /* no 'invitations' attribute */
> }
>
> // get the list of user keys that received an invitation from this
> user
> Set<Key> invitationsSent = indexManager.get(senderUserKey,
> "invitations");
>
> More details can be found here:
> http://code.google.com/p/simpleds/wiki/IndexManager
>
> Parent key validation
> ===============
> We make extensive use of the key nesting mechanism included in GAE. As
> a consequence, the most common mistake in our testsuite was a
> consequence of setting the wrong parent instance. This version of
> SimpleDS includes an improved @Entity annotation that lets you specify
> the allowed entity parent classes, which can be multiple (as an
> example, an Address object can be nested inside a Person or a Company
> ancestor). More about this here:
>
> http://code.google.com/p/simpleds/wiki/ParentChild
>
> Easier singleton access
> =================
> Spring does not like static attributes, so we had to try different
> alternatives to get static singleton access. EntityManagerFactory and
> IndexManagerFactory have been transformed to singleton containers to
> be used where Dependency Injection cannot be used easily (most
> notably, inside JSP custom tags). After configuring your Spring
> container, you will be able of invoking
> EntityManagerFactory.getEntityManager() and
> IndexManagerFactory.getIndexManager().
>
> Spring dependencies have also been removed as much as possible, but it
> is still being used as an introspection framework. The example of
> configuration without Spring has been updated to reflect that.
>
> Changes that could break your current setup
> ================================
> As a consequence of the previous point, the spring configuration has
> changed:
> http://code.google.com/p/simpleds/wiki/GettingStarted
>
> The public constructor of SimpleQuery and PagedQuery have also been
> removed. Instead, you should use entityManager.createQuery() and
> entityManager.createPagedQuery()
>
>
> Any feedback on this release would be most welcome. Best regards,
>
> Nacho.
>
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