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Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:18:37 -0800
From: "Ashok Madhavan" <ashok.madhavan@gmail.com>
To: user-java@ibatis.apache.org
Subject: Re: [Abator] Support for complex objects
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is there a way in abator to deduce these relationships based on the database
schema ( like Foreign keys ) and automatically create these classes ?

regards
Ashok

On Jan 15, 2008 3:07 PM, Jeff Butler <jeffgbutler@gmail.com> wrote:

> Abator does not support complex objects and relationships currently.  I've
> done some investigation into this, but it is a very complex problem to solve
> in a general way.  I currently think that this is better done with manual
> coding.
>
> It would be quite easy to extend a generated object, extend a generated
> result map, and then write a custom query to add complexity to the generated
> objects.  I've done that several times.
>
> Jeff Butler
>
> On Jan 15, 2008 2:15 PM, Thiago F. G. Albuquerque <tfga@mpdft.gov.br>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Does Abator support complex objects? By "complex object" I mean a domain
> > object that has references to other domain objects.
> >
> > In other words: I need a way to specify the "select" atribute for some
> > columns of the generated result map.
> >
> > I looked in the docs, but didn't find anything.
> >
> > One way to implement this would be to add a "select" atribute to
> > <columnOverride>.
> >
> > [],
> > Thiago
> >
> >
>

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is there a way in abator to deduce these relationships based on the database schema ( like Foreign keys ) and automatically create these classes ?<br><br>regards<br>Ashok <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 15, 2008 3:07 PM, Jeff Butler &lt;
<a href="mailto:jeffgbutler@gmail.com">jeffgbutler@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div>Abator does not support complex objects and relationships currently.&nbsp; I&#39;ve done some investigation into this, but it is a very complex problem to solve in a general way.&nbsp;&nbsp;I currently think&nbsp;that this is better done with manual coding.
</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>It would be quite easy to extend a generated object, extend a generated result map, and then write a custom query&nbsp;to add complexity to the generated objects.&nbsp; I&#39;ve done that several times.</div><font color="#888888">

<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>Jeff Butler<br><br></div></font><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 15, 2008 2:15 PM, Thiago F. G. Albuquerque &lt;<a href="mailto:tfga@mpdft.gov.br" target="_blank">tfga@mpdft.gov.br</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hi,<br><br>Does Abator support complex objects? By &quot;complex object&quot; I mean a domain object that has references to other domain objects.
<br><br>In other words: I need a way to specify the &quot;select&quot; atribute for some columns of the generated result map.<br><br>I looked in the docs, but didn&#39;t find anything.<br><br>One way to implement this would be to add a &quot;select&quot; atribute to &lt;columnOverride&gt;.
<br><br>[],<br><font color="#888888">Thiago<br><br></font></blockquote></div><br>
</div></div></blockquote></div><br>

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