I agree with John, and will like to add that I don't see the point of a tool
generating code for another tool that generates code.
Is like if the FNH team choose to generate LLLBlGen Pro dsl.
I hope this will be taken as a constructive comment.

XML in his both representations as raw XML or as HBM* classes is the lowest
common denominator.
See? I read Fabio's blog.


2010/8/12 John Davidson <[email protected]>

> Frans,
>
> Fleunt NHibernate is almost a non-starter as there is no documentation on
> how to use it with VB.Net, if it would even work. XML is a lowest common
> denominator type solution and should always be retained. Higher level
> solutions are great, but not always accessible
>
> John Davidson
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 12:51 PM, Frans Bouma <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> > Same XML please.
>>
>>        that's trivial if I define the model like you did in code.
>>
>> > btw Frans, you product is a code generator I can't skip 42 slides
>> because
>> in
>> > the early slides you are describing the domain relations and relational
>> > mapping...
>>
>>         no, not the mapping, just the entities and the relationships. I
>> don't define any mapping in that video by hand, nor the DDL SQL. Mappings
>> +
>> table stuff is created by 1 mouseclick using settings to configure what
>> will
>> I end up with.
>>
>> > would be the same than explain that you have a whole application running
>> > starting from "press F5".
>>
>>         you wrote classes to start with, I didn't. The classes contain the
>> info used by confORM, I created a model, which produces classes + mappings
>> +
>> DDL SQL, using very few keystrokes btw.
>>
>>        But, like I said, let's not end up in a pissing contest :) Being in
>> a rush to get things done a.s.a.p. is never going to end well, so that's
>> not
>> what people should focus on. It's about maintainability etc., and confORM
>> could be a good choice for that as well, I don't want to have that debate,
>> as it's besides the point. The point is: with all the options, is yet
>> another option from the team around NH really helping, or just confusing
>> users?
>>
>>        Also, is it or isn't it the future _preferred_ way of doing NH
>> mappings from the point of view of the NH team? (so others have to adapt
>> to
>> confORM, and if they want support xml as well, but that's really not the
>> way
>> to go)
>>
>>                FB
>>
>>
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 1:11 PM, Frans Bouma <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >       > Now that you saw something more about ConfORM I will happy if
>> you
>> > can
>> >       answer
>> >       > my annoying question.
>> >       > Can you show me the equivalent-mapping/procedure using what ever
>> > you want
>> >       ?
>> >
>> >
>> >              (it's an old video of the alpha build, I'll soon make a
>> new,
>> > more
>> >       extensive one with quickmodel and NH. It's for our own framework,
>> but
>> >       choosing NH is 2 clicks)
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> http://www.xs4all.nl/~perseus/LLBLGenPro/Videos/LLBLGenProv3.0_QuickM
>> > odel.ht
>> >       ml
>> >
>> <
>> http://www.xs4all.nl/~perseus/LLBLGenPro/Videos/LLBLGenProv3.0_QuickModel.h
>> > t ml>
>> >
>> >              skip to slide 42, press play
>> >
>> >              I know, you start with code, I with the model, same thing.
>> >
>> >                      FB
>> >
>> >
>> >       >
>> >       > Thanks.
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       > On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 12:34 PM, Fabio Maulo
>> > <[email protected]>
>> >       wrote:
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >       On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Tom Allard
>> > <[email protected]>
>> >       > wrote:
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >               "Make everything as simple as possible, but not
>> > simpler."
>> >       >               --  Albert Einstein
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >       Sure.
>> >       >       For that reason this ConfORM mapping
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >       var orm = new ObjectRelationalMapper();
>> >       >
>> >       >       orm.TablePerClass<Animal>();
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >       orm.TablePerClass<User>();
>> >       >       orm.TablePerClass<StateProvince>();
>> >       >       orm.TablePerClassHierarchy<Zoo>();
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >       orm.ManyToMany<Human, Human>();
>> >       >       orm.OneToOne<User, Human>();
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >       orm.PoidStrategies.Add(new NativePoidPattern());
>> >       >       is equivalent to this XML mapping
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >       <hibernate-mapping
>> > xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-
>> >       > instance"
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema";
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >                        namespace="ConfOrmExample.Domain"
>> >       >                        assembly="ConfOrmExample"
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >                        xmlns="urn:nhibernate-mapping-2.2">
>> >       >         <class name="User">
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >             <id name="Id" type="Int64">
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >                 <generator class="native" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >             </id>
>> >       >             <property name="UserName" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >             <one-to-one name="Human" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >             <list name="Permissions">
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >                 <key column="user_key" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >                 <list-index />
>> >       >                 <element type="String" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >             </list>
>> >       >         </class>
>> >       >         <class name="Animal">
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >             <id name="Id" type="Int64">
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >                 <generator class="native" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >             </id>
>> >       >             <property name="BodyWeight" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >             <set name="Offspring" inverse="true"
>> > cascade="all,delete-
>> >       > orphan">
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >                 <key column="Mother" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >                 <one-to-many class="Animal" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >             </set>
>> >       >             <many-to-one name="Mother" cascade="all" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >             <many-to-one name="Father" cascade="all" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >             <property name="Description" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >             <many-to-one name="Zoo" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >             <property name="SerialNumber" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >         </class>
>> >       >         <class name="StateProvince">
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >             <id name="Id" type="Int64">
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >                 <generator class="native" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >             </id>
>> >       >             <property name="Name" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >             <property name="IsoCode" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >         </class>
>> >       >         <class name="Zoo">
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >             <id name="Id" type="Int64">
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >                 <generator class="native" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >             </id>
>> >       >             <discriminator />
>> >       >             <property name="Name" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >             <property name="Classification" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >             <map name="Animals" inverse="true">
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >                 <key column="Zoo" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >                 <map-key type="String" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >                 <one-to-many class="Animal" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >             </map>
>> >       >             <map name="Mammals" inverse="true">
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >                 <key column="Zoo" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >                 <map-key type="String" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >                 <one-to-many class="Mammal" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >             </map>
>> >       >             <component class="Address" name="Address">
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >                 <property name="Street" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >                 <property name="City" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >                 <property name="PostalCode" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >                 <property name="Country" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >                 <many-to-one name="StateProvince" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >             </component>
>> >       >         </class>
>> >       >         <joined-subclass name="Mammal" extends="Animal">
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >             <key column="animal_key" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >             <property name="Pregnant" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >             <property name="Birthdate" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >         </joined-subclass>
>> >       >         <joined-subclass name="DomesticAnimal" extends="Mammal">
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >             <key column="mammal_key" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >             <many-to-one name="Owner" cascade="all" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >         </joined-subclass>
>> >       >         <joined-subclass name="Cat" extends="DomesticAnimal">
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >             <key column="domesticanimal_key" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >         </joined-subclass>
>> >       >         <joined-subclass name="Dog" extends="DomesticAnimal">
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >             <key column="domesticanimal_key" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >         </joined-subclass>
>> >       >         <joined-subclass name="Reptile" extends="Animal">
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >             <key column="animal_key" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >             <property name="BodyTemperature" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >         </joined-subclass>
>> >       >         <joined-subclass name="Lizard" extends="Reptile">
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >             <key column="reptile_key" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >         </joined-subclass>
>> >       >         <subclass name="PettingZoo" extends="Zoo" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >         <joined-subclass name="Human" extends="Mammal">
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >             <key column="mammal_key" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >             <component class="Name" name="Name">
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >                 <property name="First" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >                 <property name="Initial" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >                 <property name="Last" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >             </component>
>> >       >             <property name="NickName" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >             <bag name="Friends" cascade="all,delete-orphan">
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >                 <key column="human_key" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >                 <many-to-many class="Human" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >             </bag>
>> >       >             <bag name="Pets" inverse="true" cascade="all,delete-
>> > orphan">
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >                 <key column="Owner" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >                 <one-to-many class="DomesticAnimal" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >             </bag>
>> >       >             <map name="Family" cascade="all,delete-orphan">
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >                 <key column="human_key" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >                 <map-key type="String" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >                 <many-to-many class="Human" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >             </map>
>> >       >             <property name="Height" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >             <property name="BigIntegerValue" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >             <property name="BigDecimalValue" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >             <property name="IntValue" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >             <property name="FloatValue" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >             <set name="NickNames">
>> >       >
>> >       >                 <key column="human_key" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >                 <element type="String" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >             </set>
>> >       >             <map name="Addresses">
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >                 <key column="human_key" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >                 <map-key type="String" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >                 <composite-element class="Address">
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >                     <property name="Street" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >                     <property name="City" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >                     <property name="PostalCode" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >                     <property name="Country" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >                     <many-to-one name="StateProvince" />
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >                 </composite-element>
>> >       >             </map>
>> >       >
>> >       >         </joined-subclass>
>> >       >
>> >       >       </hibernate-mapping>
>> >       >
>> >       >       Who wrote the XML mapping ?
>> >       >
>> >       >       --
>> >       >       Fabio Maulo
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       > --
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