Craig, So do I take it that that neither of these are possible with the current code?
David On Wednesday 06 February 2008, Craig L Russell wrote: > Hi David, > > I can't point you to the code offhand, but we're always looking for > contributions that make OpenJPA easier (or in your case even possible) > to use. > > Craig > > On Feb 6, 2008, at 3:04 AM, David Goodenough wrote: > > I recently came across OpenJpa, and it looks like it might be a good > > fit > > for my application (well actually I have a number of similar apps). > > I had > > previously looked at using Sql2Java but that is not following > > standards > > (JPA) and as a project seems to be come and go. > > > > But on first inspection there were a couple of things that I could not > > work out how to do, mainly with ReverseMappingTool (I have existing > > DBs > > to use). > > > > 1) I need the beans that are generated to have PropertyChange support, > > but I can not find an option that enables this. Although I am not > > using this > > in an EJB environment, given that EJBs are a large part of openjpa's > > existance this seems odd. I actually need PropertyChange support as > > I am > > using BeansBinding (JSR-296). > > > > 2) I need the ability for the generated bean to be declared as > > extending > > an existing class. > > > > Now with both of these I could go in and modify the generated source > > code > > myself, but in at least one case I have around 100 tables and the > > thought > > of this not being an automated process is not good. > > > > If neither of these are possible in the existing code, is there any > > objection to my adding both of these and submitting a patch? If > > this is > > the route I am to follow, can anyone point me in the right direction > > as to > > where to look for the bits of ReverseMappingTool that generate the > > getters and > > setters, and generate the class header? > > > > David > > Craig Russell > Architect, Sun Java Enterprise System http://java.sun.com/products/jdo > 408 276-5638 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > P.S. A good JDO? O, Gasp!
