for column name NH is using a convention; in the example of the link the
column name is "id".Btw, if you need, you can use the schema to know which
are the others options (column is one).

2009/8/2 Everett Muniz <[email protected]>

> Right, but in the following example taken from your blog (here:
> http://fabiomaulo.blogspot.com/2009/05/nhibernate-versioning.html) the
> <id> tag has no property name, no column attribute and no <column> tag.
> <class name="Sample">
>
>  <id type="int">
>
>      <generator class="hilo"/>
>
>  </id
> >
>  <version name="Version" access="backfield"/>
>
>  <property name="Description"/>
>
> </class>
>
> Is NHibernate ignoring the id or is it inferring a column name or is
> something else going on?
>
> On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 12:42 AM, Fabio Maulo <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> by default the column name is the property name.You can specify the
>> column name adding 'column' attribute or <column> tag.
>>
>> 2009/8/1 Everett Muniz <[email protected]>
>>
>> Thanks for the links Fabio.
>>> I've checked the links along with several similar references to the <id>
>>> tag on your blog.  I also went back and checked the NHibernate docs.
>>>
>>> If I'm understanding the docs and what you've written correctly, all that
>>> I need to exclude the POID property is omit the name attribute from the <id>
>>> tag.  What I'm still not getting is how the mapping knows the database
>>> column to use.  I guess the fact that the docs say the column attribute is
>>> optional is confusing me.
>>>
>>> Is there a convention in play here?  I mean, is the column name being
>>> inferred?  This blog entry,
>>> http://fabiomaulo.blogspot.com/2009/05/nhibernate-versioning.html, seems
>>> to suggest that the column name may be being inferred if I'm reading it
>>> right.
>>>
>>> On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 6:10 PM, Fabio Maulo <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>
>>>> ah... btw the entity UserMitaMita (of the previous mail) is the entity
>>>> persisted in the DB and does not have a property ID.
>>>> In that post who has the ID is exactly the in memory wellknow instance
>>>> (Country).
>>>>
>>>> 2009/8/1 Fabio Maulo <[email protected]>
>>>>
>>>>  The post is for another stuff.
>>>>> What I'm saying you is that you can work without declaring a property
>>>>> to represent the POID in your entities.
>>>>> In my blog you can find other examples where I'm using an entity
>>>>> without the ID.
>>>>> This is another old post
>>>>> http://fabiomaulo.blogspot.com/2008/11/entities-behavior-injection.html
>>>>> There you can see an entity with ID and the Invoice entity without ID
>>>>> and with behaviour injected.
>>>>>
>>>>> 2009/8/1 Mike Nichols <[email protected]>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> @Fabio,
>>>>>> This would only work if the values are static correct? I looked at
>>>>>> your blog post on this (
>>>>>> http://fabiomaulo.blogspot.com/2009/08/from-db-
>>>>>> to-ram-wellknowinstancetype.html<http://fabiomaulo.blogspot.com/2009/08/from-db-%0Ato-ram-wellknowinstancetype.html>for
>>>>>>  those listening)
>>>>>> and while this is useful for those unchanging values like countries
>>>>>> and so on I am not sure how this could be applied here.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jul 31, 9:03 pm, Fabio Maulo <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>> > In NH you can have an entity without the ID and the ID only for
>>>>>> persistence
>>>>>> > (without a private filed).In uNhAddIns or in my blog you can find
>>>>>> > various examples the last is:
>>>>>> > Entity:
>>>>>> > public class UserMitaMita
>>>>>> > {
>>>>>> > public virtual string Name { get; set; }
>>>>>> > public virtual Country Country { get; set; }}
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Mapping
>>>>>> > <class name="UserMitaMita">
>>>>>> > <id type="int">
>>>>>> > <generator class="hilo"/>
>>>>>> > </id>
>>>>>> > <property name="Name"/>
>>>>>> > <property name="Country" type="Country"/>
>>>>>> > </class>
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > 2009/7/31 Everett Muniz <[email protected]>
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > > For those of you doing DDD with NHibernate...
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > > Is it pretty typical to run into scenarios where the way your
>>>>>> value objects
>>>>>> > > are used with the domain requires a class mapping with its
>>>>>> attendant <id>
>>>>>> > > requirement?  I guess what I'm asking is whether having to support
>>>>>> an ID
>>>>>> > > within my value object for the sake of persistence is just a fact
>>>>>> of life
>>>>>> > > related to the oft-lamented impedance mismatch between objects and
>>>>>> > > relational databases?  I know I can map the ID to a private field
>>>>>> so that
>>>>>> > > from the domain point-of-view it doesn't exist but it feels like
>>>>>> cruft in my
>>>>>> > > value object.  Before I just accept the compromise I wanted to see
>>>>>> if I'm
>>>>>> > > overlooking something.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > > If you care about the specific scenario that prompted the question
>>>>>> read on,
>>>>>> > > otherwise ignore the rest...
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > > The system we're developing has all sorts of objects related to
>>>>>> drawing and
>>>>>> > > many have a color associated with them.  Sounds simple I know.
>>>>>>  The catch is
>>>>>> > > that the color actually used to draw an object in a given context
>>>>>> is
>>>>>> > > determined by applying a strategy that often depends on the data
>>>>>> associated
>>>>>> > > with that drawing context.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > > So, any object that requires a color (some entities some value
>>>>>> objects) has
>>>>>> > > a Color property of type ColorSource.  ColorSource is an abstract
>>>>>> class with
>>>>>> > > several specializations such as ConstantColorSource and
>>>>>> > > SubstringColorSource.  These specializations are value objects.
>>>>>> > >  Any ConstantColorSource/SubstringColorSource instances with the
>>>>>> same
>>>>>> > > attributes are completely interchangable.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > > However, when it comes to the persistence mapping in NHibernate
>>>>>> the most
>>>>>> > > natural way to map the relationship of the various objects that
>>>>>> refer to a
>>>>>> > > ColorSource seems to be creating an independent class mapping for
>>>>>> > > ColorSource that employs the inheritance mapping features of
>>>>>> NHibernate.
>>>>>> > >  However, the class mapping approach seems to really depend on ID.
>>>>>>  As far
>>>>>> > > as I can tell NHibernate's answer to value objects is components
>>>>>> but I just
>>>>>> > > can't figure out how to accomplish the required mapping using
>>>>>> components w/o
>>>>>> > > a whole lot of duplication.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > --
>>>>>> > Fabio Maulo
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Fabio Maulo
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Fabio Maulo
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Fabio Maulo
>>
>>
>>
>
> >
>


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