RE: [ANNOUNCE] Release of Apache DeltaSpike 1.7.0

2016-06-20 Thread Marvin Toll
It is (perhaps) fortuitous that this issue comes up at this time. I have struggled to imagine a thoughtful value proposition for DeltaSpike targeting our 700+ developers on six continents (that don't necessarily use English as a first language). The subtle distinction between a CDI-container

Justify: CDI/DeltaSpike Testing with Rules

2016-06-04 Thread Marvin Toll
The soon to be released Justify Open Source project supporting rule-based CDI JUnit testing is now briefly documented for System Engineers at http://pedcentral.com/justify/ . It now depends on DeltaSpike v1.6.1. We appreciate any feedback that can be rendered before the GA release by those

[jira] [Commented] (DELTASPIKE-1157) Repository.findBy methods do not allow an override to add query hints.

2016-06-01 Thread Marvin Toll (JIRA)
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DELTASPIKE-1157?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel=15311489#comment-15311489 ] Marvin Toll commented on DELTASPIKE-1157: - Thanks John

[jira] [Commented] (DELTASPIKE-1157) Repository.findBy methods do not allow an override to add query hints.

2016-06-01 Thread Marvin Toll (JIRA)
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DELTASPIKE-1157?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel=15310319#comment-15310319 ] Marvin Toll commented on DELTASPIKE-1157: - Good clarification/elaboration

[jira] [Commented] (DELTASPIKE-1157) Repository.findBy methods do not allow an override to add query hints.

2016-06-01 Thread Marvin Toll (JIRA)
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DELTASPIKE-1157?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel=15310159#comment-15310159 ] Marvin Toll commented on DELTASPIKE-1157: - If this is not going to work: @Override

RE: [jira] [Commented] (DELTASPIKE-1157) Repository.findBy methods do not allow an override to add query hints.

2016-05-30 Thread Marvin Toll
, 2016 8:36 AM override to add query hints. Marvin, I guess you're looking for this page? http://deltaspike.apache.org/documentation/data.html#QueryMethodExpressions John On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 7:57 AM Marvin Toll <marvint...@gtcgroup.com <mailto:marvint...@gtcgroup.com>

RE: [jira] [Commented] (DELTASPIKE-1157) Repository.findBy methods do not allow an override to add query hints.

2016-05-30 Thread Marvin Toll
John, Let me express my root concern… and see if it valid or I’m seeing a concern that does not exist. If we have 700 plus or minus 200 developers on six continents… how do we express to them the use of this particular syntax? That is, can we point to an Internet page

RE: [jira] [Commented] (DELTASPIKE-1157) Repository.findBy methods do not allow an override to add query hints.

2016-05-29 Thread Marvin Toll
John, I've Googled briefly (and unsuccessfully) for this syntax; is it backed by a specification? _Marvin -Original Message- From: John D. Ament (JIRA) [mailto:j...@apache.org] --- [~am] I just ran a quick test. I was able to get it working

RE: Cutting over to Java 7

2016-04-07 Thread Marvin Toll
over to Java 7 Hi Marvin, Thanks for the input. You can find our discussion/vote thread from last month here: http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/deltaspike-dev/201603.mbox/%3CCAOqetn_vo69sx-yQjLt%3DQpfdRXgXVqu7NiobanLgXKOOr6Co0Q%40mail.gmail.com%3E The curious thing about your note

RE: Cutting over to Java 7

2016-04-07 Thread Marvin Toll
A data point: Ford Motor Company is on Java 6. Given our portfolio of 4,000 applications (a subset of which are Java) - it is difficult to know how long a migration to Java 7 will take. It was scheduled to begin in calendar year 2016 - the current "begin" target is 2017. _Marvin

RE: CdiRunner --> Rule

2016-02-24 Thread Marvin Toll
] Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2016 2:58 AM To: dev@deltaspike.apache.org Cc: Marvin Toll <marvint...@gtcgroup.com> Subject: Re: CdiRunner --> Rule hi @ all, yes - we discussed it several times, however, so far there was not enough time (+ concrete demand) to add a rule (which sup

RE: CdiRunner --> Rule

2016-02-24 Thread Marvin Toll
@deltaspike.apache.org; marvint...@gtcgroup.com Subject: Re: CdiRunner --> Rule Marvin, Definitely interesting. I've considered such an approach before, but never saw it implemented, so kudos. There's a few things I see missing. - Examples. How do I use these things? What does a t

CdiRunner --> Rule

2016-02-22 Thread Marvin Toll
DeltaSpike Colleagues, We haven't shared this until now. since there was not a lot to talk about until it was working. Ford has partnered with an Open Source team to utilize a 100% rule-based testing approach that wraps JUnit 4. As part of this effort, the CdiRuner was mostly eliminated in

RE: [jira] [Commented] (DELTASPIKE-940) @Transactional and @EntityManagerConfig each use a different method to resolve EntityManagers

2016-01-22 Thread Marvin Toll
At the risk of demonstrating a lack of adequate context to contribute to the discussion... One preference expressed at our shop is to eliminate the notion of "defaulting" to an EntityManager. That is, pursue an API that provides explicit readability as to which

RE: EntityRepository + EntityManagerDelegate

2015-12-09 Thread Marvin Toll
Without having the benefit of "test driving" the change, it seems to make a lot of sense to me. Any approach enabling direct access to the (native) JPA API can only be beneficial when it is impossible to imagine all of the different use cases that might emerge for hundreds of developers over

RE: EntityRepository + EntityManagerDelegate

2015-12-09 Thread Marvin Toll
doesnt prevent the other. Le 9 déc. 2015 23:12, "Marvin Toll" <marvint...@gtcgroup.com <mailto:marvint...@gtcgroup.com> > a écrit : Without having the benefit of "test driving" the change, it seems to make a lot of sense to me. Any approach enabling direct acc

RE: [VOTE] Release of Apache DeltaSpike 1.5.2

2015-12-08 Thread Marvin Toll
At Ford, we have continued to be impacted (as well) by "issues" with the DM. In recent weeks, we came to the independent conclusion that the DM test suite is probably inadequate. We are also interested in performance --- not that we have any basis for a concern. Rather, just wondering if the

Default Logging - JUnit Testing

2015-11-17 Thread Toll, Marvin (M.)
It is not a huge deal... however, my personal preference is to have DEFAULT JUnit test logging a bit quieter: * jPED v7.0 Release Candidate 02;

RE: first steps for the next release

2015-10-14 Thread Marvin Toll
unique to v. 1.5.1… and therefore do not see any reason to refrain from releasing this version. _Marvin From: Gerhard Petracek [mailto:gerhard.petra...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2015 9:44 AM To: dev@deltaspike.apache.org; Marvin Toll <marvint...@gtcgroup.com> Cc: Amita

RE: first steps for the next release

2015-10-14 Thread Marvin Toll
Gerhard... at Ford we have only begun testing... we have our first test that failed under previous releases and is working with DM 1.5.1. We anticipate having our complete test suite working (or not) by the end of the week. [Our revised testing approach is to use the exact same test with

RE: [Proposal] CdiManagedRunnable

2015-09-19 Thread Marvin Toll
The Executor Service was added by Doug Lea in Java 5. http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/api/java/util/concurrent/ExecutorService.html However, in Java 7 he put in the much improved Fork Join Pool... which extends

RE: [DISCUSS] Add persist and merge methods to EntityRepository

2015-08-25 Thread Marvin Toll
Agreed... mixing the JPA API (persist / merge) with an abstraction API (save) is confusing. Said another way... the goals of an abstraction to provide convenience and reduce the learning curve is being thwarted by too many choices and an extended learning curve. -Original Message-

RE: [DISCUSS] Add persist and merge methods to EntityRepository

2015-08-21 Thread Marvin Toll
Good suggestion! Trying to figure out what save does in all contexts has been a challenge... and those that know native JPA are familiar with these seven often used methods: clear() contains() detach() flush() merge() persist() remove()

RE: Issues with EntityRepository.save()

2015-08-21 Thread Marvin Toll
for different outcomes. Bottom line? I agree with John that this discussion needs attention. More to come, Marvin -Original Message- From: John D. Ament [mailto:johndam...@apache.org] Sent: Friday, August 21, 2015 5:22 PM To: dev@deltaspike.apache.org; Marvin Toll marvint...@gtcgroup.com Subject

RE: Wildfly 9 Tests?

2015-08-16 Thread Marvin Toll
Now that IBM finally got an EE7 server certified (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javaee/overview/compatibility-jsp-136984.html )... does it make sense to add them to the suite (particularly if we are going to add Wildfly 9)? _Marvin -Original Message- From: John D. Ament

RE: Issues with EntityRepository.save()

2015-08-14 Thread Marvin Toll
in on demand. Hope that helps, Thomas [1] http://deltaspike.apache.org/documentation/data.html#QueryDelegates On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 6:21 PM, Marvin Toll marvint...@gtcgroup.com wrote: Am in strong agreement with Harald's statement: I never really liked the fact that save() blurs

RE: Issues with EntityRepository.save()

2015-08-14 Thread Marvin Toll
: Issues with EntityRepository.save() Marvin, What you are suggesting is not required imo. Some strategy configuration like suggested from Thomas would give the same benefits. On 14 August 2015 at 13:39, Marvin Toll marvint...@gtcgroup.com wrote: Harald At the moment, I don't see a way to specify

RE: Issues with EntityRepository.save()

2015-08-13 Thread Marvin Toll
Am in strong agreement with Harald's statement: I never really liked the fact that save() blurs the distinction between persist() and merge(), and by its very name it encourages users to always call save() after changing an entity state which is usually unnecessary and sometimes even wrong -

RE: [VOTE] Release of Apache DeltaSpike 1.5.0

2015-08-12 Thread Marvin Toll
Gerhard, Interesting suggestion... we will consider it. _Marvin -Original Message- From: Gerhard Petracek [mailto:gerhard.petra...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 10:43 AM Subject: Re: [VOTE] Release of Apache DeltaSpike 1.5.0 hi marvin, ... (since we release quite

RE: [VOTE] Release of Apache DeltaSpike 1.5.0

2015-08-12 Thread Marvin Toll
An update from an unspecified Motor Company: We made the decision to roll-back from 1.4.2 to 1.4.0 this morning... as we had skipped 1.4.1. I'd suggest that you pull 1.4.2... as it now appears this release broke about 50 of our Reference Application JUnit tests. _Marvin -Original

RE: [DOCUMENTATION] Incorrect Link?

2015-07-15 Thread Marvin Toll
: Re: [DOCUMENTATION] Incorrect Link? hi marvin, thx! we saw that as well some time ago. dan created the mirror back then. - we still need someone else with a nabble-account who gets added as co-owner. (as you can see it's labeled as incubator - at that time there was no dedicated users-list

Incubator PMC/Board report for Nov 2013 ([ppmc])

2013-11-06 Thread Marvin
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Incubator PMC/Board report for Nov 2013 ([ppmc])

2013-10-30 Thread Marvin
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Incubator PMC/Board report for Aug 2013 ([ppmc])

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2013-08-02 Thread Marvin
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