You may be interested in the "Modifying projects in Java" thread of last july.
Le mardi 25 septembre 2007 à 19:57 -0400, Chris Farnham a écrit : > I've been using Cayenne on two different projects for a couple of months > now and am very happy with it. > > One thing that I don't like is the reliance upon a graphical composer > rather than a well documented and defined descriptor file. I know that > the Cayenne community views the GUI tool as an important differentiator > from other ORM frameworks. But not everyone likes to work with GUI > tools. Perhaps it's my Unix roots. > > I prefer working directly with Cayenne's XML descriptor. I wish that > the schema was documented beyond just a DTD and snippets that people > pass around on this list. I also get frustrated when I find > documentation which explains how to control caching or custom queries > and all it has are step-by-step screenshots of the GUI tool. > > I know that the GUI tool is part of the Cayenne philosophy and I am wary > of starting a flame-war (perhaps this discussion was happened on this > list in times past and I haven't seen it). > > Do other people feel the same way I do? > If so, can Cayenne better support both modes of use? > > I would like to see documentation and examples that are XML descriptor > centric as well as GUI centric. > > I also think that it'd be an interesting project to look at the current > XML syntax and make it a little more user/text-editor friendly. I have > no concrete ideas on this latter point but I've been playing around with > DSLs in other areas and it might be neat to either streamline Cayenne's > XML syntax or create a DSL. Either of these could be transformed into > the current XML syntax. > > I only raise this issue because I've enjoyed using Cayenne and would > like to see it improve. > > Thanks, > Chris Farnham > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > THIS MESSAGE IS INTENDED FOR THE USE OF THE PERSON TO WHOM IT IS ADDRESSED. > IT MAY CONTAIN INFORMATION THAT IS PRIVILEGED, CONFIDENTIAL AND EXEMPT FROM > DISCLOSURE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW. If you are not the intended recipient, your > use of this message for any purpose is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this communication in error, please delete the message and notify > the sender so that we may correct our records. -- Mikaël Cluseau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ISI.NC
