I also plan on adding an @Incubating annotation for just such things :) Anyway, I will start on this today. It will take a few days though I think. I'll let you know when I have something ready to look at.
P.S. Do you agree with what I said on your PR wrt TargetBase? On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 10:15 AM Gunnar Morling <gun...@hibernate.org> wrote: > Hi Steve, > > What you suggest sounds good. I've added a comment to > https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-10458 itself. > > The reason why I didn't go for this from the beginning just was that I > didn't want to break the contract of SchemaCreator and the other > delegates. > > --Gunnar > > > > > 2016-01-28 19:27 GMT+01:00 Steve Ebersole <st...@hibernate.org>: > > For this to work will require some significant changes. The main one > being > > to combine JPA's support for schema generation along > > with SchemaManagementTool. The reason being simply that I will need to > > encapsulate the interpretation of all these settings behind > > the SchemaManagementTool facade in order for things to properly > > replace SchemaManagementTool as Gunnar suggests. > > > > I am starting this work now on top of the work Gunnar has already done on > > the PR he sent[1]. But that work is just the tip of the iceberg. So if > > you have input to this, speak soon. > > > > > > [1] https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-orm/pull/1231 > > > > On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 6:13 AM Gunnar Morling <gun...@hibernate.org> > wrote: > > > >> I went for the proposed intermediary step to avoid breaking the API of > >> SchemaManagementTool and its delegates. If you have a way for not > >> breaking the API or think breaking it is alright, then +1 for doing > >> the ProperSolution™ in 5.1. > >> > >> What would it comprise, changing the delegate methods such as > >> doCreate() to expect a single parameter object providing all the > >> required info? Target could be a part of this, just an enum probably, > >> based on wich delegates would do their thing. If it's that, I can try > >> and help out with it. > >> > >> Regarding the release schedule, I'd personally be fine with pushing it > >> a bit back, but then I don't know whether there are any other hard > >> timelines to be met. > >> > >> > >> 2016-01-19 16:25 GMT+01:00 Steve Ebersole <st...@hibernate.org>: > >> > I'd like to get this work into 5.1. But, as much as possible, I'd > like > >> to > >> > get the ProperSolution in place rather than just a > >> StepInTheRightDirection. > >> > If we need to push this date 2-4 weeks I am ok with that. That would > >> help > >> > us coordinate with Infinispan 8.2 schedule (iiuc) for > >> hibernate-infinispan, > >> > not to mention I still have to review the work Vlad has done on the > docs > >> > again as well as polish the load-by-multi-id API[1]. > >> > > >> > [1] Sanne still waiting on your feedback to the open question of > internal > >> > routing of those calls. > >> > > >> > On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 8:41 AM Gunnar Morling <gun...@hibernate.org> > >> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Hi Steve, > >> >> > >> >> As discussed on IRC, I tried plugging in my own SchemaManagementTool > >> >> and delegates and letting them do the initialization work required > for > >> >> OGM. > >> >> > >> >> I am hitting a wall though when it comes to the usage in the > >> >> SchemaExport controller: As it's invoking doCreate() and doDrop() > >> >> right in the constructor with a "fake" target for delegating the SQL > >> >> statements, I am bitten by the fact that SchemaExport is instantiated > >> >> twice in SessionFactoryImpl (once for create, once for drop at > >> >> shutdown), so I see to invocations to doCreate() and doDrop(). Also I > >> >> am lacking the knowledge of what's passed as Target for the > controller > >> >> invocation. > >> >> > >> >> So I went ahead and changed SchemaExport to invoke SchemaCreator and > >> >> -Dropper only in execute(), passing them actual Target > implementations > >> >> as it's done in SchemaUpdate, too. It's not yet what you described as > >> >> the ultimate goal (not looping back to Target), but IMO it's a step > >> >> into the right direction, not the least making things consistent > >> >> between SchemaExport and SchemaUpdate and also leaving APIs largely > >> >> unchanged for the time being. With that I should be able to do it on > >> >> the OGM side as you suggested, essentially ignoring the > >> >> Target/Exporter stuff. > >> >> > >> >> I've filed ORM PR > https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-orm/pull/1231 > >> >> for the change. Let me know what you think. > >> >> > >> >> Cheers, > >> >> > >> >> --Gunnar > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> 2016-01-14 15:51 GMT+01:00 Steve Ebersole <st...@hibernate.org>: > >> >> > I am not sure I am a big fan of The String->Object change > >> specifically. > >> >> > In > >> >> > theory it sounds great. But there is a major premise in schema > >> tooling > >> >> > around the idea of the actions being reduce-able to Strings. > That's > >> >> > important not just for SQL, but for the idea of writing to a file > as > >> >> > well. > >> >> > It also affects the whole concept of Exporter/Exportable. > >> >> > > >> >> > The ultimate design goal here is to unify schema creation and > dropping > >> >> > across native and JPA requirements. I just simply have not had the > >> time > >> >> > to > >> >> > work on that. This would all happen "behind" SchemaManagementTool > and > >> >> > friends. SchemaExport, etc are actually just controllers > responsible > >> >> > for > >> >> > coordinating the calls into the SchemaManagementTool delegates. > The > >> >> > main > >> >> > problem at the moment IMO is that Target gets passed into these > >> >> > SchemaManagementTool delegates. Ideally, and certainly this would > fit > >> >> > with > >> >> > your case, I think we want SchemaManagementTool or its delegates to > >> >> > handle > >> >> > interpreting the "arguments". This was part of the intent of > >> developing > >> >> > the "CommandLineArgs" stuff that is used inside SchemaExport, etc > now; > >> >> > the > >> >> > idea was to encapsulate the settings each tool needs to operate and > >> >> > isolate > >> >> > the process of building/interpreting those args. > >> >> > > >> >> > The next step I wanted to look at there was to morph > CommandLineArgs > >> >> > into a > >> >> > more generic "parameter object" for initializing the actual > >> >> > SchemaManagementTool delegates. > >> >> > > >> >> > The idea is that the more we can push into SchemaManagementTool and > >> its > >> >> > delegates the more pluggable this entire process becomes. > Ultimately, > >> >> > as I > >> >> > mentioned above, I just do not think it is feasible for ORM and > OGM to > >> >> > share all of these implementation contracts. Forcing a switch from > >> >> > String > >> >> > (the DDL) arguments to some amorphic Object reinforces that in my > >> mind. > >> >> > But that would not stop OGM from completely swapping > >> >> > SchemaManagementTool > >> >> > and its delegates and simply not using Target, Exporters, etc. > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 7:44 AM Gunnar Morling < > gun...@hibernate.org> > >> >> > wrote: > >> >> > > >> >> >> Hi Steve, > >> >> >> > >> >> >> One thing useful to have for OGM would be a generalization of the > >> >> >> hbm2ddl tooling so we can re-use it for managing NoSQL databases. > Not > >> >> >> all of them are "schemaless", e.g. Cassandra works with a fixed > >> >> >> schema, and while MongoDB largely is schemaless, we still want to > >> >> >> create stuff like indexes in the database. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> I took a look and found that SchemaManagementTool as a pluggable > >> >> >> service already goes halfway into that direction. The issue with > it > >> is > >> >> >> that I cannot replace the list of exporters used by SchemaExport > nor > >> >> >> the list of tool targets used by SchemaUpdate. Having a pluggable > >> >> >> service allowing me to customize that with an OGM-specific > >> >> >> implementation should do the trick. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> As per some comments in the code, SchemaExport seems to be in some > >> >> >> intermediary state, where the ops are not executed directly > through > >> >> >> the targets passed to SchemaCreator/Dropper but are read into > String > >> >> >> arrays which are then passed on to separate exporters. I suppose > part > >> >> >> of that work should be to consolidate this and basically follow > the > >> >> >> same approach as used in SchemaUpdate? > >> >> >> > >> >> >> Another facet is that for some OGM grid dialects we'd need another > >> >> >> representation of commands than Strings, as not all the backends > have > >> >> >> a DDL but expect API invocations for that purpose. For that it'd > be > >> >> >> required to change Target#accept(String) into accept(Object) so we > >> can > >> >> >> pass some kind of command object. File exports would only work in > a > >> >> >> limited fashion, but we could live with that. Schema > >> creation/dropping > >> >> >> bound to the SF lifecycle is what I am after here. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> I'd be willing to work on this once we agree on the general > approach. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> Any thoughts? > >> >> >> > >> >> >> Thanks, > >> >> >> > >> >> >> --Gunnar > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> 2016-01-13 14:10 GMT+01:00 Guillaume Smet < > guillaume.s...@gmail.com > >> >: > >> >> >> > On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 6:40 PM, Steve Ebersole < > >> st...@hibernate.org> > >> >> >> wrote: > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> >> If you clean up the conflicts I can look for 5.1 > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > Done! > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > -- > >> >> >> > Guillaume > >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > >> >> >> > hibernate-dev mailing list > >> >> >> > hibernate-dev@lists.jboss.org > >> >> >> > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/hibernate-dev > >> >> >> > >> >> > _______________________________________________ > >> >> > hibernate-dev mailing list > >> >> > hibernate-dev@lists.jboss.org > >> >> > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/hibernate-dev > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > hibernate-dev mailing list > > hibernate-dev@lists.jboss.org > > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/hibernate-dev > _______________________________________________ hibernate-dev mailing list hibernate-dev@lists.jboss.org https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/hibernate-dev