I was looking at the DescriptorRepository class and I feel I could easily patch it to walk the inheritance tree for "invisible" mappings via inheritance. I will patch it if this functionality desired.
*===================================* * Scott T Weaver������������������� * * Jakarta Jetspeed Portal Project�� * * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * *===================================* � > -----Original Message----- > From: Leandro Rodrigo Saad Cruz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 7:28 AM > To: OJB Users List > Subject: Re: extents and mapping inheritence > > I have inherence working for collection descriptors. I'm planning to add > reference and field inherence too. When I have time :-( > > On Mon, 2003-06-23 at 16:02, Jakob Braeuchi wrote: > > hi scott, > > > > ojb does not support inheritence of field- and relationship-descriptors. > > but there are some discussions going on regarding this feature. > > > > hth > > jakob > > > > Weaver, Scott wrote: > > > > >Is there anyway to have a class-descriptor inherit the mappings of a > previously defined class-descriptor? > > > > > >Example: > > > > > >AB is an interface. A implements AB and B extends A. > > > > > ><class-descriptor class="AB" > > > > <extent-class class-ref="A" /> > > > <extent-class class-ref="B" /> > > ></class-descriptor> > > > > > > > > ><class-descriptor class="A" table="AB"> > > > <field-descriptor name="id"column="ID" jdbc-type="INTEGER" > > > primarykey="true" > > > autoincrement="true" > > > /> > > > <field-descriptor name="name" column="NAME" jdbc-type="VARCHAR"/> > > ></class-descriptor> > > > > > >The question: How can define the class-descriptor for B without having > to copy the identical mappings from A? > > > > > >I tried using the "extends" attribute of class-descriptor on hunch > that's what it was for, however, no dice. > > > > > >There has got to be a simple way to accomplish this, however, I have > yet to find it. > > > > > >Using 1.0rc3. > > > > > >Thanks, > > >*===================================* > > >* Scott T Weaver * > > >* Jakarta Jetspeed Portal Project * > > >* [EMAIL PROTECTED] * > > >*===================================* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- > Leandro Rodrigo Saad Cruz > IT - Inter Business Tecnologia e Servicos (IB) > http://www.ibnetwork.com.br > http://db.apache.org/ojb > http://xingu.sourceforge.net > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
