Incorrect information. The nH session does know the loaded state....

NHibernate.Engine.EntityEntry.LoadedState
NHibernate.Engine.CollectionEntry.Snapshot

On May 4, 8:01 pm, John Davidson <[email protected]> wrote:
> It is not possible to revert to a copy as retained by the cache because the
> cache does not have a separate copy. NHibernate only tracks whether an
> object has been changed and if it has then it must be persisted or evicted.
> The only way to get the original object back in cache is to reread the
> database.
>
> You may wish it were otherwise, expect it were otherwise, but it is not so.
>
> John Davidson
>
> On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 2:49 PM, tz 
> <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>
>
> > "Revert changes with the state of my first load" is what the user
> > thinks when she has changed an entity, but regrets. Thus wants to
> > cancel. However, she doesn't want to be punished by another database
> > hit. I'm sure many other people decide in this case to start a new
> > session or evict the object graph and get it again. All to me sound
> > like a half-baked solution for reasons I've mentioned before. Another
> > half-baked solution is to say that you only change the entities once
> > you're 100% sure (no, I want to "commit" once I'm 100% sure).
>
> > Having said all this, what I want to reach here, completely fits in
> > how I want my application to work. I think it is compatible with UoW
> > and all those other fancy design patterns. This is clearly a missing
> > feature to me. Therefore, I was really hoping for a technical
> > satisfying answer, rather than advocating that I'm doing is something
> > which is not written in one of the tutorials.
>
> > So, please... does anyone know how I could do this trick of reverting
> > changes in a graph?
>
> > On May 4, 7:32 pm, Fabio Maulo <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > There is something saying me that your problem is in another place.
> > > "Revert changes with the state of my first load"..... mmmmm
>
> > > On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 3:05 PM, tz <[email protected]
> > >wrote:
>
> > > > Thanks for confirming that. I silently started guessing that the
> > > > Refresh method shouldn't be what I should use. I started writing my
> > > > own "RevertChanges" on a graph, but I'm stuck on how to evict
> > > > collections (plus the attached pending deletes/adds). See my code
> > > > below:
>
> > > >    public static class ISessionExtensions
> > > >    {
> > > >        public static void RevertChanges(this ISession session, object
> > > > obj)
> > > >        {
> > > >            var source = session as IEventSource;
> > > >            var action = new RevertChangesCascadingAction();
>
> > > >            action.RevertChanges(source, obj);
> > > >        }
>
> > > >        private class RevertChangesCascadingAction : CascadingAction
> > > >        {
> > > >            public override void Cascade(IEventSource session, object
> > > > child, string entityName, object anything, bool
> > > > isCascadeDeleteEnabled)
> > > >            {
> > > >                DoRevert(session, child);
> > > >            }
> > > >            public override IEnumerable
> > > > GetCascadableChildrenIterator(IEventSource session, CollectionType
> > > > collectionType, object collection)
> > > >            {
> > > >                var coll = collection as
> > > > NHibernate.Collection.IPersistentCollection;
> > > >                var collectionEntry =
> > > > session.PersistenceContext.GetCollectionEntry(coll);
>
> > > >                // TODO: HELP!!!
> > > >                //session.Evict(collection);
> > > >                //collectionEntry.LoadedPersister.Recreate(coll,
> > > > collectionEntry.LoadedKey, session);
>
> > > >                // evicts don't cascade to uninitialized collections
> > > >                return GetLoadedElementsIterator(session,
> > > > collectionType, collection);
> > > >            }
> > > >            public override bool DeleteOrphans
> > > >            {
> > > >                get { return false; }
> > > >            }
> > > >            public override bool PerformOnLazyProperty
> > > >            {
> > > >                get { return false; }
> > > >            }
>
> > > >            protected void DoRevert(IEventSource session, object obj)
> > > >            {
> > > >                EntityEntry entityEntry = GetEntityEntry(session,
> > > > obj);
>
> > > >                IEntityPersister persister = entityEntry.Persister;
> > > >                EntityMode mode = persister.GuessEntityMode(obj) ??
> > > > EntityMode.Poco;
> > > >                persister.SetPropertyValues(obj,
> > > > entityEntry.LoadedState, mode);
> > > >            }
>
> > > >            protected EntityEntry GetEntityEntry(IEventSource session,
> > > > object obj)
> > > >            {
> > > >                IPersistenceContext context =
> > > > session.PersistenceContext;
>
> > > >                if (obj is ValueType)
> > > >                    return null;
>
> > > >                if (context.IsEntryFor(obj) == false)
> > > >                    return null;
>
> > > >                EntityEntry entityEntry = context.GetEntry(obj);
> > > >                return entityEntry;
> > > >            }
>
> > > >            public void RevertChanges(IEventSource session, object
> > > > obj)
> > > >            {
> > > >                EntityEntry entityEntry = GetEntityEntry(session,
> > > > obj);
>
> > > >                DoRevert(session, obj);
>
> > > >                session.PersistenceContext.IncrementCascadeLevel();
> > > >                try
> > > >                {
> > > >                    new Cascade(this, CascadePoint.AfterUpdate,
> > > > session).CascadeOn(entityEntry.Persister, obj);
> > > >                }
> > > >                finally
> > > >                {
>
> > > > session.PersistenceContext.DecrementCascadeLevel();
> > > >                 }
> > > >            }
> > > >        }
> > > >    }
>
> > > > On Apr 30, 7:55 pm, Jason Dentler <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > Confirmed it with Fabio: "Refresh is an explicit hit to DB"
>
> > > > > On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 8:35 AM, tz <
> > > > [email protected]>wrote:
>
> > > > > > * Transaction over a read didn't help (see reply on Jason Dentler)
> > > > > > * Second level cache is for sharing data across transactions
>
> > > > > > On Apr 30, 12:24 pm, John Davidson <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > > > It does not matter what the UoW pattern says about data read. You
> > > > > > _REALLY_
> > > > > > > need to put a read action in a NHibernate transaction if you want
> > to
> > > > > > improve
> > > > > > > performance. Not having your reads in a transaction may be why
> > you
> > > > need a
> > > > > > > second level cache (to compensate for not following the specified
> > > > rules).
> > > > > > > Most of the transactional databases now wrap a read action in an
> > ACID
> > > > > > > transaction on their own, if the request is not already in a
> > > > transaction
> > > > > > -
> > > > > > > this activity by the database takes more time and resource than
> > if it
> > > > is
> > > > > > > done in the application with NHibernate and UoW.
>
> > > > > > > John Davidson
>
> > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 7:14 AM, tz <
> > > > > > [email protected]>wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > Thanks for the reply. See my comments inline
>
> > > > > > > > On Apr 29, 8:26 pm, Jason Meckley <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > I would approach the problem in a completely different
> > manner.
> > > > > > > > > 1. no long running sessions
> > > > > > > > > 2. only use 2nd level cache in edge cases as a last resort
> > > > > > > > > 3. for multi-step operations/commands I would use an
> > intermediate
> > > > DTO
> > > > > > > > > to store updates. When the user clicks "save" is when i would
> > > > alter
> > > > > > > > > the domain objects. this makes undoing changes much easier.
> > > > simply
> > > > > > > > > abandon the DTO.
>
> > > > > > > > I'm not sure whether you do understand my question, but I can't
> > > > relate
> > > > > > > > any of your reply to my question. I also don't agree with what
> > > > you're
> > > > > > > > saying...
> > > > > > > > * I don't know what "no long running sessions" would solve for
> > my
> > > > > > > > issue. All these things you're proposing are a "very complex"
> > way
> > > > to
> > > > > > > > do Evict/Load on the same session.
> > > > > > > > * 2nd level cache is for performance reasons. The issue I'm
> > posting
> > > > > > > > about is also for performance reasons. So, this cache stays
> > > > > > > > * Why would I do any object dirty management myself, if
> > nHibernate
> > > > can
> > > > > > > > do it for me.
>
> > > > > > > > > if you do continue down this path are all your session calls
> > > > > > happening
> > > > > > > > > within a transaction? Proper use of NH dictates that all
> > > > operations,
> > > > > > > > > both read and write, should happen within at transaction.
> > This is
> > > > > > > > > critical for client POIDs, proper UOW management and 2nd
> > level
> > > > cache.
>
> > > > > > > > Again, no answer on my question. Even more, I don't agree with
> > > > you...
> > > > > > > > * UoW pattern doesn't say that a read should be in a ACID
> > > > transaction.
> > > > > > > > UoW itself is a "business transaction" implementation, which is
> > > > based
> > > > > > > > optimistic concurrency ideologies (meaning that you shouldn't
> > keep
> > > > an
> > > > > > > > ACID transaction open between the reads and the writes).
>
> > > > > > > > What I want is simply a Update() which does what Evict/Load
> > does,
> > > > but
> > > > > > > > not with giving me a new instance. That's all I'd want to know.
> > I
> > > > know
> > > > > > > > nH keeps the original state in the session (and the second
> > level
> > > > > > > > cache), so it shouldn't be that difficult I assume.
>
> > > > > > > > > On Apr 29, 2:05 pm, tz <[email protected]
>
> > > > wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > Hi guys,
>
> > > > > > > > > > I'm working with a long running session which contains all
> > my
> > > > > > required
> > > > > > > > > > data. Further, I use level 2 cache intensively, to cache
> > that
> > > > > > > > > > information. I let my
>
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