I am trying to create an OTControllerService in order to call getOTObject(Object realObject). How can I easily create an OTControllerService?
Thanks, Geoff On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 1:32 PM, Geoffrey Kwan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a PasStep that I would like to deep copy and in order to use these > copy methods, they need to be OTObjects, correct? In the Authoring Tool, we > are working with the real objects so do I have to go from PasStep to > OTPasStep, then copy OTPasStep, then getRealObject, which is a copy of the > original PasStep? If this is what we need to do, how would we go from a > PasStep to an OTPasStep? or is there a quicker way to perform this? > > Thanks, > Geoff > > > On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 12:10 PM, Scott Cytacki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > OTrunk has a service method for deep cloning. And it can take a depth > > so you can use it to only copy down a few levels. In the future the > > concept of containment will be exposed so you can limit the clone to > > only objects "contained" by the top level object. > > > > We also have a cloneable interface that is used for some non OTrunk > > objects. Because OTrunk objects can be serialized and their properties > > can be introspected so there isn't really a need for a special > > interface. > > > > If you want to look at some example code you can look at, > > OTObjectService.copyObject methods and their implementations: > > OTObjectServiceImpl.copyObject > > Because OTrunk objects are backed by a persistence data layer whose main > > interface is OTDatabase, this layer is where the cloning actually > > happens. So the cloning code works without directly accessing the > > OTObjects objects being cloned. This would be similar to cloning a > > J2EE domain object by just copying its representation in the sql > > database. > > > > For what you are trying to do I would recommend trying to use the > > OTObjectService.copyObject methods, if you run into problems with this, > > report them and I'll see if we can get them fixed. > > > > The concept of containment will probably become important, because when > > you are copying a step that is referencing some shared object perhaps it > > has a reference to a note. You have to decide if you shouldu copy that > > note step, or just use a reference to it. Containment provides way to > > indicate what should and shouldn't be copied. We haven't used it yet, > > so I don't know if it is flexible enough for all cases. I would guess > > that in some cases it won't be good enough. > > > > Scott > > > > Anthony Perritano wrote: > > > Hey Scott, quick question. Geoff and I are working on step and > > > activity duplication. we have been doing alot of research on cloning, > > > deep copying. there are a number of methods: > > > constructor based, factory method, implementing cloneable interface > > > etc.... > > > > > > some say one method is better. some say the contrary. > > > > > > what method do u perfer? and are there any helpers in the Otrunk code > > > base for this? > > > > > > thx > > > -Tony > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SAIL-Dev" 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 at http://groups.google.com/group/SAIL-Dev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
