Hello, I have been using Ibatis v3 for a few weeks now. Although IBatis XML syntax is straightforward and easy to understand, I still spend a lot of time editing my mapping files, creating POJOs, looking for property names, ensuring that ids aren't mistyped...
I'm using the netbeans IDE, I have seen some nice examples of third party products integration. Having had a quick look at the netbeans APIs, I think it should not be too complicated to create an Ibatis integration plugin that would provide features such as : - navigating to myResultMap declaration when CTRL-clicking on resultMap="myResultMap" in a select block. - opening corresponding .java files using the same hyperlinking strategy as above. - enabling autocompletion for various ids (resultMap, sql) or java class names. Those would be part of a first try, I can also think of more advanced features (exact feasibility still to be evaluated) : - Pojo generation wizard based on a resultMap declaration. - "Find Usages" menu for resultMap and Sql chunks. - autocompletion for POJOs property names. - Java Interface generation wizard for mapped queries (v3). - Resultmap generation wizard -> given a SELECT, it executes it using netbeans database toolset and suggest a basic resultmap and/or POJO. - CRUD generation, like in abator. - Validation tools, code snippets, visual explorer... It sure would require days and days of work, so I would like to ask ibatis users' opinion. For now I'm just emitting the idea, but if there is a real interest, I think I'll take the step further. Kind regards -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/How-about-a-Netbeans-integration-plugin--tp26926675p26926675.html Sent from the iBATIS - User - Java mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-java-unsubscr...@ibatis.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-java-h...@ibatis.apache.org
