I wonder if instead of (in addition to) Joda preferences, we add a single preference - "Java 8", and if that's on use the new Java 8 date/time types that were all influenced by Joda. Thoughts?
Andrus > On Jun 22, 2016, at 2:01 PM, Anthony Giaccone <anthony.giacc...@nytimes.com> > wrote: > > Yeah, > > I have an existing schema and it’s something of a mess, and were using git, > so different branches have different schemas with different attributes. So > I’m re-engineering a lot. > > I did what you suggested the first three times but then I was like. "Meh, > there should be a better way….” > > > Maybe something as simple as a preferences page which specifies what class to > use for the basic mappings? Or maybe even easier, “Joda Time” and a check > box. > > > > Tony > > > I’m also changing a bunch of lookup tables that curren > >> On Jun 22, 2016, at 12:19 PM, John Huss <johnth...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> If this is a one-time task, just open up the cayenne-*.map.xml file in a >> text editor and do a Find and Replace All of "java.util.Date" with >> "org.joda.time.DateTime". >> >> >> On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 11:06 AM Tony Giaccone <tgiacc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> When reverse engineering a database, the java.util.Date class is used in >>> all the classes that reference timestamps. Is there a way to get this to >>> default to another class? I'd like to use Joda's org.joda.time.DateTime >>> instead. >>> >>> Is there an easy way to swap this out when the classes get generated? >>> >>> >>> >>> Tony >>> >
