Hi Tim,

On Nov 8, 2011, at 10:50 AM, tgallagher@mmm.com wrote:

> Craig,
>
> Thanks for the minutes write up.
>
> I've been going through the JDO API in more detail and in order to
> implement the QBE and get the changed information for a JavaBean, it
> appears to require that an object not be in the Transient state.   
> However,
> the objects I see being created for the QBE will always be in the
> Transient state.  To make this work in the Transient state, this would
> required that there be a StateManager associated with the JavaBean.

That is the purpose of makeTransactional. This API associates a  
StateManager with the transient object.

Then we need to see what other APIs will help you to use the  
information that is known by the StateManager.

Hope this helps,

Craig

> So,
> I'm looking at the implication of associating a StateManager with a
> JavaBean while in the Transient state and the effect it might have  
> if a
> developer than happens to try and make the JavaBean persistent.   
> This will
> take a little longer than I had hoped.
>
> Tim Gallagher
>

Craig L Russell
Architect, Oracle
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P.S. A good JDO? O, Gasp!