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From: Hugi Thordarson <hugi@karlmenn.is>
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Subject: Re: Getting the currently active ServerRuntime
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 07:16:47 +0000
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That=E2=80=99s great, thanks!

- hugi

// Hugi Thordarson
// http://www.loftfar.is/ <http://www.loftfar.is/>
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> On 27. =C3=A1g=C3=BA. 2015, at 18:04, Andrus Adamchik =
<andrus@objectstyle.org> wrote:
>=20
> You can add it to a List of project locations inside your Module =
'configure':
>=20
> public void configure(Binder binder) {
>   =
binder.bindList(Constants.SERVER_PROJECT_LOCATIONS_LIST).add("cayenne-xyz.=
xml");
> }
>=20
> Or explicitly pass it to ServerRuntime, when you are creating it.=20
>=20
> Though the first approach provides better encapsulation of your =
framework.
>=20
> Andrus
>=20
>=20
>> On Aug 27, 2015, at 6:45 PM, Hugi Thordarson <hugi@karlmenn.is> =
wrote:
>>=20
>> That=E2=80=99s pretty awesome. One question though, how do I tell the =
Module about the location of it's Cayenne Model? (like I do with the =
configurationLocation parameter in ServerRuntime)
>>=20
>> Thanks!
>> - hugi
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>>> On 27. =C3=A1g=C3=BA. 2015, at 10:44, Andrus Adamchik =
<andrus@objectstyle.org> wrote:
>>>=20
>>> Hi Hugi,
>>>=20
>>> Are you using DI by any chance in your app? Cause if you do, it =
becomes as simple as making ServerRuntime one of the "services" and =
injecting it into your framework.
>>>=20
>>> Or maybe you can invert that? Instead of telling the framework about =
ServerRuntime, you tell ServerRuntime about your framework (essentially =
relying on Cayenne to be your DI provider). To do that you expose your =
framework as a DI Module. That's our preferred way of loading Cayenne =
extensions. Maybe you can use the same approach with your own code:
>>>=20
>>> // this comes from your framework. The module can define a class =
that decla
>>> public class MyModule implements Module {
>>>    public void configure(Binder binder) {
>>>=20
>>>       // MyFrameworkImpl may inject ObjectContextFactory to obtain =
contexts
>>>       binder.bind(MyFramework.class).to(MyFrameworkImpl.class);
>>>    }
>>> }
>>>=20
>>> // this is how you bootstrap both Cayenne and your framework in your =
app
>>> MyModule m =3D new MyModule();
>>> ServerRuntime runtime =3D new ServerRuntime("myproject.xml", m);
>>>=20
>>> MyFramework f =3D =
runtime.getInjector().getInstance(MyFramework.class);
>>> // now you can call methods on f.
>>>=20
>>>=20
>>> Andrus
>>>=20
>>>=20
>>>> On Aug 27, 2015, at 11:54 AM, Hugi Thordarson <hugi@karlmenn.is> =
wrote:
>>>>=20
>>>>> On 27/08/2015 6:37pm, Hugi Thordarson wrote:
>>>>>> I=E2=80=99m writing a Cayenne-based CRUD framework of sorts, in =
the form of a jar that plugs into Cayenne applications.=20
>>>>>=20
>>>>> Is there overlap with this: http://nhl.github.io/link-rest/ which =
was already built over the top of Cayenne?
>>>>=20
>>>> Not really, what we're doing works at a little lower level and =
serves more specific requirements. Framework looks nice though=E2=80=94and=
 it=E2=80=99s fun to see Cayenne in the wild.
>>>>=20
>>>> - hugi
>>>=20
>>=20
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