RE: Common attributes in the model

2007-06-20 Thread Fredrik Liden
sible too. I have date_created, and created_by, date_modified, and modified_by in many tables. Thanks, Fredrik -Original Message- From: yongbl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 7:37 AM To: user@cayenne.apache.org Subject: Re: Common attributes in the model Hi Ma

Re: Common attributes in the model

2007-06-20 Thread yongbl
Hi Malcolm, After setting the superclass, I tried to generate the database schema. But the attributes in the superclass is not reflected in the schema. Do I have to manually add to the database the common attributes? If so, then settting the superclass didn't offers any time saving since

Re: Common attributes in the model

2007-06-19 Thread Malcolm Edgar
No there is not. cheers Malcolm On 6/20/07, yongbl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Malcolm, Is there a need to create DBEntity and ObjEntity for the superclass? Regards, James Malcolm Edgar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi James, Yes you can. In the modeler, you define a common "Custom

Re: Common attributes in the model

2007-06-19 Thread yongbl
Hi Malcolm, Is there a need to create DBEntity and ObjEntity for the superclass? Regards, James Malcolm Edgar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi James, Yes you can. In the modeler, you define a common "Custom Superclass" under the DataMap "Entity Defaults". Make sure you custom superc

Re: Common attributes in the model

2007-06-18 Thread Malcolm Edgar
Hi James, Yes you can. In the modeler, you define a common "Custom Superclass" under the DataMap "Entity Defaults". Make sure you custom superclass extends DataObject, and add your common attributes. You generated classes will then extend your common superclass. Make sure your DB Entities suppor

Common attributes in the model

2007-06-18 Thread yongbl
Hi, I am new to Cayenne. In many of the models that I am using, there are common attributes like created date, modified date, created by, etc. Is there a right way to add the common attributes, other than manually adding the common attributes in the models? It seems that I can't crea