Thanks Chuck, You saved me some time with a few good points.
On 7/11/06, Chuck Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Peter, On Jul 11, 2006, at 10:59 AM, Peter wrote: > I have read some of the past post on adding an EOModel to an existing > WO project. It seems like much of the problems with adding a model to > the project have been no adding it as "Create Folder References". > > I have a slightly different problem. I have an EOModel that is part > of a separate framework. I need to use some of the entities in that > EOModel (and business logic in the related java classes in the > framework) in an existing project. > > I can add the framework to the project without a problem (application > server target) and compile my project successfully. However, when > running the project, I do not see my the model I added (via the > external framework). Has the framework been installed in /Library/Frameworks?
No. This framework is in a different location. This is part of my problem as this was in a non standard location. This is part of my testing and design, so I still wanted to get this to work.
> I am checking this using the following (EOModelGroup.defaultGroup > ()).models(). That is the correct test for this. > As a test I created a new WO Application project and added the > framework in the wizard setup. After I add the framework, the next > part of the wizard asks to Add EOModels. (My model appears). When I > run the test project, I can see the model and all works fine. I have not used that before, but it seems to me that your model should _not_ show up if it is in a framework. > Further testing, I removed the framework from the project, cleaned, > re-indexed and re-ran the project. As I expected, the model did not > show. However, when I attempted to re-add the framework the project, > I could no longer get it to show up again. > > I am just not sure what "magic" happens during the wizard setup for > the project and how I can manually add a framework (with an EOModel) > to a project. How does a WO Application "know" what models it "has" > (i.e. where in the project is this information stored)? I have > searched the targets, and project files without luck. It is not explicitly stored. The models are located from the classpath at runtime. For example, if the classpath as /Library/Frameworks/MyFramework.framework/Resources/Java/MyFramework.jar Then the app will load any EOModels found in /Library/Frameworks/MyFramework.framework/Resources/*.eomodeld
Thanks... now I can finally rest that eomodels are not explicitly stored within the project file or targets. It is seemed more like a matter of classpath.
Look in your app project in the directory MyApp/build/Development/MyApp.woa/Contents/MacOS/MacOSClassPath.txt and see what is getting on the classpath.
That was it. When I added the framework with the embedded eomodel, it was added at "relative to project", so my classpath was point to an errant location for the resulting woa. I should have used "absolute path" or "relative to build" for it to resolve correctly in the classpath . Once I changed the reference, checked the MacOSClassPath of the resulting woa, it found the model just fine when running. Thanks again!
It could also be a problem in the framework with the eomodeld not being included in the FW properly.
I did check and the eomodel, was in myFramework.framework/Resources/myModel.eomodeld.
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