Also, you can vote for this feature here: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CAY-1723
On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 1:49 PM, John Huss <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 12:35 PM, Lon Varscsak <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hey guys, >> >> A couple fo questions about class generation: >> >> 1) Is it possible to trigger (from within Eclipse) an automated build of >> the classes when the model file changes? I had this with >> WebObjects/WOLips >> and it's such nice feature. >> > > No :-( > > But I haven't found it to be much of an issue. It's pretty easy to > generate the classes from the Modeler menu, or from an ant target. I do it > both ways, but use ant more often now since it always has the right > settings. > > If you are using ant, the setup could look like this: > > <path id="cgen.classpath"> > <fileset dir="path/to/cayenne" includes="cayenne-server*.jar" /> > <fileset dir="path/to/cayenne" includes="cayenne-di*.jar" /> > <fileset dir="path/to/cayenne" includes="commons-*.jar" /> > <fileset dir="path/to/cayenne" includes="velocity-*.jar" /> > <fileset dir="path/to/cayenne-tools" includes="*.jar" /> > </path> > <typedef resource="org/apache/cayenne/tools/antlib.xml"> > <classpath refid="cgen.classpath"/> > </typedef> > <target name="generate.entity.classes"> > <touch file="src/MyModel.map.xml" /> > <cgen map="src/MyModel.map.xml" > superpkg="com.company.cayenne.auto" > supertemplate="superclass.vm" > template="subclass.vm" > destDir="src" > outputPattern="*.java" > encoding="UTF-8" > mode="all" > /> > </target> > > You may be able to add an eclipse "builder" to do it automatically - not > sure.. > > > 2) I can't figure out how to get the modeler to build classes into the >> right directories honoring packages. It seems like if I choose the >> "packages" option (I can't remember the specific name) it doesn't end up >> in >> the right place. I'm sure I just misunderstand the options. >> > > Do you have the "Use package path" box checked at the bottom of the > generate classes window? > > >> >> >> -Lon >> > >
