Hi David:
Nothing! I think this is an amazing piece of work. IMO, there are many
people out there who don't understand the Entity Engine value
proposition. That is why they keep asking for "Hibernate" etc.
Here's some things I'd consider as additions:
* Maybe making a separate component/webapp to manage the Entity
Engine. Take it out of WebTools.
* Include in that webapp any security/role management specific to
the Entity Engine.
* Entity Engine performance tools (or more information on how to use
existing tools).
* Better backup tools (or more information on how to use existing
tools).
More to come...
Ruth
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David E Jones wrote:
If you could change anything about the data tier in OFBiz (basically the Entity
Engine), what would you change?
All comments are welcome. If there is another tool you'd like to see used instead of the Entity
Engine, please describe what you like about it (like "I want to have an Java class for each
table in my database") instead of just mentioning the tool (like "let's use
Hibernate!").
Why am I asking? This topic comes up every once in a while, and it's true that
many suggestions never get enough support to actually happen (or on further
research it is decided that the idea is not tenable), but brainstorming about
them to get ideas in the open is still a great thing. The history of OFBiz is
full of things like this where users and more casual contributors had ideas and
saw possibilities that others, even more involved contributors, totally missed
or never looked at that way. What I think would be fun, and ultimately useful
too, is to keep this mostly to brainstorming and not do too much comparing of
ideas.
BTW, if you want to brainstorm about another tier (ie the Logic or UI tiers) please use
the other threads on those. If you'd like to discuss things that aren't specific to a
tier look for the "General" thread.
-David
