Fair enough. We do need to provide reverse engineering settings. I think those may be implemented as the properties of the DataMap, like default package, etc.
Andrus > On Jun 26, 2016, at 4:47 PM, Gmail <tgiacc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > There are a lot of project using something other than the traditional Java > Date. > > Tony Giaccone > >> On Jun 25, 2016, at 5:30 PM, Andrus Adamchik <and...@objectstyle.org> wrote: >> >> I wonder if instead of (in addition to) Joda preferences, we add a single >> preference - "Java 8", and if that's on use the new Java 8 date/time types >> that were all influenced by Joda. Thoughts? >> >> Andrus >> >>> On Jun 22, 2016, at 2:01 PM, Anthony Giaccone >>> <anthony.giacc...@nytimes.com> wrote: >>> >>> Yeah, >>> >>> I have an existing schema and it’s something of a mess, and were using git, >>> so different branches have different schemas with different attributes. So >>> I’m re-engineering a lot. >>> >>> I did what you suggested the first three times but then I was like. "Meh, >>> there should be a better way….” >>> >>> >>> Maybe something as simple as a preferences page which specifies what class >>> to use for the basic mappings? Or maybe even easier, “Joda Time” and a >>> check box. >>> >>> >>> >>> Tony >>> >>> >>> I’m also changing a bunch of lookup tables that curren >>> >>>> On Jun 22, 2016, at 12:19 PM, John Huss <johnth...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> If this is a one-time task, just open up the cayenne-*.map.xml file in a >>>> text editor and do a Find and Replace All of "java.util.Date" with >>>> "org.joda.time.DateTime". >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 11:06 AM Tony Giaccone <tgiacc...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> When reverse engineering a database, the java.util.Date class is used in >>>>> all the classes that reference timestamps. Is there a way to get this to >>>>> default to another class? I'd like to use Joda's org.joda.time.DateTime >>>>> instead. >>>>> >>>>> Is there an easy way to swap this out when the classes get generated? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Tony >>
