Hi, all!

    Did anyone notice this?

--- Bin Sun <sun2bin@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi!
> 
>     I have more concern about Collection and Map
> projection: is this query easy to implement?
> 
> select distinct employees from Department where ...
> 
> At least I don't know how a SQL datastore could
> compare the collections one another.
> 
>     So, maybe we should discribe more on Collection
> and Map projection, or simply specify that their
> distinction is the same as their owner objects,
> dispite whether they equal one another.
> 
> --- erik@jpox.org wrote:
> 
> > Thanks for the comments, I agree with you all.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Quoting Michael Bouschen <mbo.tech@spree.de>:
> > 
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I have the same understanding of the semantics
> of
> > projections of
> > > collection and map fields as Wes and Bin Sun.
> The
> > query would return the
> > > collections or maps as single cells, so the
> query
> > result would be a list
> > > of collections or maps. I also agree that
> support
> > for projections of
> > > collection and map fields does not add much
> value,
> > but AFAIK the current
> > > spec allows this.
> > >
> > > I think the shape of the query result is
> different
> > whether projecting a
> > > collection field or including a variable in the
> > result that iterates the
> > > collection:
> > > (1) SELECT employees FROM Department
> > > (2) SELECT e FROM Department WHERE
> > employees.contains(e)
> > > The first query returns a list of collections of
> > employees, so for each
> > > department it returns the department's employee
> > collection. Query (2)
> > > returns a list of employees, where each returned
> > employee is included in
> > >   an employee collection of at least one
> > department.
> > >
> > > Given the above is correct, JDOQL would never
> > return Map.Entry
> > > instances. Either the query projects the entire
> > map or it iterates the
> > > map using containsKey or containsValue, but
> there
> > is no contains for maps.
> > >
> > > Regards Michael
> > >
> > > > Hi, all!
> > > >
> > > >     If I didn't miss anything in the spec, I
> > would
> > > > expect 'single-cell' result for a collection
> or
> > map
> > > > field, as if it is a simple field or reference
> > field.
> > > >
> > > >     eg.
> > > >
> > > > "select employees from Department"
> > > > -->
> > > > [employees of Dept 1]
> > > > [employees of Dept 2]
> > > > [employees of Dept 3]
> > > > ...
> > > >
> > > > Assume Student.scores: Map<Course, Float>
> > > > "select name, scores from Student"
> > > > -->
> > > > aaa,[scores map for aaa]
> > > > bbb,[scores map for bbb]
> > > > ccc,[scores map for ccc]
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- erik@jpox.org wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >>Actually, you can project a collection field,
> > but in
> > > >>fact what is projected are
> > > >>the elements of the collection.
> > > >>
> > > >>dept = {"dept1","dept2"}
> > > >>dept1.employees = {"emp1","emp2","emp3"}
> > > >>dept2.employees = {"emp4","emp5"}
> > > >>
> > > >>"select employees from Department" will result
> > in
> > > >>
> > > >>emp1
> > > >>emp2
> > > >>emp3
> > > >>emp4
> > > >>emp5
> > > >>
> > > >>"select this, employees from Department" will
> > result
> > > >>in
> > > >>
> > > >>dept1, emp1
> > > >>dept1, emp2
> > > >>dept1, emp3
> > > >>dept2, emp4
> > > >>dept2, emp5
> > > >>
> > > >>I would like to know what would that be in
> case
> > of
> > > >>Map or arrays.
> > > >>
> > > >>Quoting Wes Biggs <wes@tralfamadore.com>:
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>>It doesn't make much sense to me to project
> to
> > map
> > > >>
> > > >>or collection fields,
> > > >>
> > > >>>though I don't see it explicitly discussed in
> > the
> > > >>
> > > >>spec. I suppose if we
> > > >>
> > > >>>allowed it, the cell would be of type Map or
> > > >>
> > > >>Collection (or etc. as
> > > >>
> > > >>>declared).  Or am I missing some kind of
> > automatic
> > > >>
> > > >>flattening function?
> > > >>
> > > >>>i.e., today can you do:
> > > >>>"select employees from Department" (returns
> > cells
> > > >>
> > > >>of type Collection)?
> > > >>
> > > >>>Perhaps I'm confusing the issue.
> > > >>>
> > > >>>Wes
> > > >>>
> > > >>>erik@jpox.org wrote:
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>>>Thanks Craig.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>If a map is projected, do we have two cells
> > (key,
> > > >>
> > > >>value) or one cell with
> > > >>
> > > >>>type
> > > >>>
> > > >>>>Map.Entry ?
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>I would expect it to be Map.Entry, what is
> in
> > the
> > > >>
> > > >>spec?
> > > >>
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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