First of all i don't have experience with Spring Roo. The demo during Google I/O was interesting but I am skeptical about its real life usage especially in medium to big projects. Check this out -> http://groups.google.com/group/gwt-platform/browse_thread/thread/862cab91ccb28d40. I remember seeing a similar demo about Grails 2 years back. So i would suggest to take a wait and see approach.
Thanks. On May 23, 6:28 am, Navigateur <[email protected]> wrote: > So is anybody able to tell me if I should getGWT2.1 M1 before trying > Spring Roo, or should I just use Spring Roo now for Hibernate withGWT > 2.0.3? (I've never used Spring Roo). > > I'll definitely be making a db4o version alongside this regardless. > > On May 22, 2:04 pm, Navigateur <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks Manoj! > > So I was wondering, is it feasable to use Spring Roo withGWT2.0.3 > > (for spring roo to do thepersistencebit with e.g. Hibernate?) or is > > it necessary to useGWT2.1 M1? > > > I'm thinking of doing both Spring Roo Hibernate and db4o versions and > > commenting out one to test the performance of the other in turn. I > > hope they make a nice Spring Roo module forGWT+db4o if that would > > help using db4o as well. > > > So, do I need to useGWT2.1 to use Spring Roo? > > > On May 21, 6:56 pm, Manoj <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > There are enhancements inGWT2.0 to handle enhanced classes > > > especially the ones related topersistence. Please see the section > > > "Serializing Enhanced Classes" > > > ofhttp://code.google.com/webtoolkit/doc/latest/DevGuideServerCommunicat... > > > > As mentioned in their documentation, there still exists certain > > > limitations, but see if they are relevant to your application. Also > > > note that you need to add jpa-annotations-source.jar ingwtclasspath. > > > You can get it from here > > > ->http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/detail?id=1830 > > > > Thanks, > > > Manoj > > > > On May 21, 11:44 am, Ladislav Gazo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > And how doesGWThandle associations where Hibernate (as JPA > > > > implementation) puts own Collection implementations? They are not > > > > serializable... that is the reason why Gilead exists. Can you tell me > > > > how is it possible to achieve it without such layer? > > > > > On 21. Máj, 16:00 h., Manoj <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I just completed an application on the following stack ->GWT, Spring > > > > > and EclipseLink (JPA). From my experience, if you are usingGWT2.x > > > > > and using annotations in your persistent classes, there is no need for > > > > > Gilead or Dozer. Don't get hung up digging the net as most of the > > > > > blogs/articles are outdated (forGWT1.5 or 1.x) > > > > > > If you are developing your application as one big project, this is > > > > > super easy and everything just works. There is no problem transferring > > > > > objects from DAO layer all the way upto java script. (GWT2.x knows > > > > > how to handle it). > > > > > But if you want to separate out your server side development you will > > > > > have to package those transfer objects along with source as a jar and > > > > > add them asgwtmodule(source is also required forgwt). Mine was a > > > > > relatively small application and hence followed the first approach. > > > > > But i did try out the second approach and it worked. (A simple build > > > > > script will do the > > > > > work for you) > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > Manoj > > > > > > On May 21, 8:44 am, José González Gómez > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Can't help there, as I haven't tried it yet. Anyway the Spring Roo > > > > > > tutorial includes generation of persistent classes using JPA and > > > > > > Hibernate, so I guess it will include some way to get those entities > > > > > > toGWT, taking into account that is integrated with it > > > > > > > Good luck!! > > > > > > > On 21 mayo, 12:57, Navigateur <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Thanks José! > > > > > > > > Spring Roo looks brilliant! Just one issue, does any of its > > > > > > > modules > > > > > > > utilise Gilead or another DTO assembler so that the Hibernate > > > > > > > entities > > > > > > > can smoothly go to theGWTclient-side? > > > > > > > > On May 20, 5:03 pm, José González Gómez > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Although you could think they're the perfect solution > > > > > > > > forpersistence > > > > > > > > in OO languages, object databases haven't taken off, so if > > > > > > > > you're > > > > > > > > doing anything serious I would be cautious about using them. I > > > > > > > > don't > > > > > > > > know of any big application in production with an OODB. Maybe > > > > > > > > we're > > > > > > > > too used to relational databases... > > > > > > > > > Take a look at Spring Roo, I think you will like it. > > > > > > > > > Best regards > > > > > > > > José > > > > > > > > > On 20 mayo, 17:43, Navigateur <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Wow, thanks José and David! > > > > > > > > > > I'm new to "tools" so I'm a bit nervous about using them > > > > > > > > > (although I > > > > > > > > > probably shouldn't be) whereas db4o offers straightforward > > > > > > > > > code for > > > > > > > > > persisting objects. Are there any disadvantages to using db4o > > > > > > > > > instead > > > > > > > > > of ORM with tools? db4o seems intuitavely the best option for > > > > > > > > > me right > > > > > > > > > now, but could I be wrong? I thank David for bringing it to my > > > > > > > > > attention, it looks VERY interesting, and under active > > > > > > > > > development, > > > > > > > > > although the queries are currently reportedly slow, but when > > > > > > > > > that is > > > > > > > > > fixed, is there a reason why it shouldn't supercede RD and > > > > > > > > > ORD for new > > > > > > > > > projects? > > > > > > > > > > On May 20, 3:18 pm, José González Gómez > > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > JPA/Hibernate supports annotations, so you don't have to > > > > > > > > > > fiddle with > > > > > > > > > > xml files any more; and JPA/Hibernate has adopted the "sane > > > > > > > > > > defaults" > > > > > > > > > > and "convention over configuration" policy, so unless you > > > > > > > > > > want to take > > > > > > > > > > control of your mappings (something you should do if you're > > > > > > > > > > doing > > > > > > > > > > anything serious) most of the times it's enough to annotate > > > > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > > persistent class with the @Entity annotation. > > > > > > > > > > > Anyway, if you're handling complex object structures, it's > > > > > > > > > > way more > > > > > > > > > > cumbersome to handlepersistenceby hand, instead of using a > > > > > > > > > > ORM > > > > > > > > > > framework. If you want to have automatic update of the > > > > > > > > > > database, > > > > > > > > > > Hibernate tools is able to generate the database schema > > > > > > > > > > from your > > > > > > > > > > mappings. I suggest to take a look at Maven, Maven > > > > > > > > > > Hibernate plugin, > > > > > > > > > > JBoss Tools, and Spring Roo. Haven't worked with the later, > > > > > > > > > > butGWT > > > > > > > > > > has just made a coordinated release with Spring Roo and I > > > > > > > > > > think it may > > > > > > > > > > be quite interesting for you. > > > > > > > > > > > I hope this isn't getting too much OT... > > > > > > > > > > > HTH, best regards > > > > > > > > > > José > > > > > > > > > > > On 20 mayo, 15:37, Navigateur <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks José! But don't they still require you to do the > > > > > > > > > > > "hibernate- > > > > > > > > > > > mapping" xml thing? Isn't this cumbersome for complex > > > > > > > > > > > object > > > > > > > > > > > structures? Or is there a way of being able to play with > > > > > > > > > > > your object > > > > > > > > > > > structure without having to change the hibernate-mapping > > > > > > > > > > > xml every > > > > > > > > > > > time (i.e. a default automatic behaviour for all objects, > > > > > > > > > > > which also > > > > > > > > > > > updates the data-store to reflect object-structure > > > > > > > > > > > changes in the > > > > > > > > > > > code)? > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > > N > > > > > > > > > > > > On May 20, 10:08 am, José González Gómez > > > > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Although your question has (almost) nothing to do > > > > > > > > > > > > withGWT... we're > > > > > > > > > > > > working on aGWT+ JavaEE application, and evaluated > > > > > > > > > > > > several > > > > > > > > > > > > alternatives regarding this problem. We had two > > > > > > > > > > > > winners, both of them > > > > > > > > > > > > using of course JPA with Hibernate provider: > > > > > > > > > > > > > 1. Use Gilead to transform your persistent entities and > > > > > > > > > > > > send them to > > > > > > > > > > > >GWT > > > > > > > > > > > > 2. Use DTOs, and use Dozer to transform from / to > > > > > > > > > > > > domain objects / > > > > > > > > > > > > entities > > > > > > > > > > > > > In our case we chose DTOs / Dozer over Gilead because > > > > > > > > > > > > we favoured > > > > > > > > > > > > layer separation, encapsulation and security over > > > > > > > > > > > > development ease. > > > > > > > > > > > > YMMV > > > > > > > > > > > > > Best regards > > > > > > > > > > > > José > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 20 mayo, 10:54, Navigateur > > > > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ah yes! Except that I want to be able to get > > > > > > > > > > > > > persistent things onto my > > > > > > > > > > > > > client side without too much conversion or trouble > > > > > > > > > > > > > (i.e. the same > > > > > > > > > > > > > objects client-and-server-side using the same > > > > > > > > > > > > > language, and the same > > > > > > > > > > > > > class definitions). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What are my full range of options for this, anyway? > > > > > > > > > > > > > And which is the best one for the purposes I've > > > > > > > > > > > > > mentioned? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On May 20, 12:34 am, Blessed Geek > > > > > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Wouldn't your initial question be like - > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What is the best power tool to use to build the > > > > > > > > > > > > > > fence around my garden > > > > > > > > > > > > > > if I wish to plant my garden with tulips. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > But later on in your post, you reveal that your > > > > > > > > > > > > > > question actually has > > > > > > > > > > > > > > nothing to do withGWT, just as growing tulips has > > > > > > > > > > > > > > nothing to do with > > > > > > > > > > > > > > choice of power tools for your fence. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You received this message because you are > > > > > > > > > > > > > > subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Toolkit" group. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To post to this group, send email to > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [email protected]. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [email protected]. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > For more options, visit this group > > ... > > read more » -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. 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