On Mar 29, 2012, at 2:31 AM, Paul Hoadley wrote: > Anyway, the subject above is probably a misnomer: I'm not trying to create > particularly complex objects, but I am trying to do something outside CRUD, > which is pretty much all I've ever done with D2W before. In the model, a > Billable object has an optional to-one relationship to Invoice. When I > create a Billable, it initially has no related Invoice. Later I will create > an Invoice for a client, and collect together some set of Billables, and the > relationship is created at that time. And that's the bit I need a pattern > for: Invoice creation. Billable also has a mandatory relationship to > Practice (i.e., a client), and a startTime timestamp. When I go to create an > Invoice, I'd give the Invoice a date and select a Practice, and then I want > to add, say, all of the Billables that (a) belong to no other Invoice, (b) > point to the same Practice, and (c) have a startTime that falls before the > new Invoice.date.
Well, you can just set the practice, the invoice date, and then save changes. In Invoice.willInsert() fetch the billables and add them to the relationship just before the save takes place. :-) Or is that too automatic? Ramsey _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Webobjects-dev mailing list (Webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
