Does that mean it's possible now but undocumented or that the capability needs to be implemented using these new features?
Tony Giaccone > On Jun 27, 2016, at 11:41 AM, Andrus Adamchik <and...@objectstyle.org> wrote: > > I completely forgot. We have the whole new (M4; poorly documented) mechanism > for configuring tons of reverse-engineering details that provides a new > project file. All these settings should go there. > > Andrus > >> On Jun 27, 2016, at 11:11 AM, Giaccone, Tony <anthony.giacc...@nytimes.com> >> wrote: >> >> Yes, I think that's fine. It's specific to the project. >> >> On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 4:56 PM, Andrus Adamchik <and...@objectstyle.org> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> Fair enough. We do need to provide reverse engineering settings. I think >>> those may be implemented as the properties of the DataMap, like default >>> package, etc. >>> >>> Andrus >>> >>>> On Jun 26, 2016, at 4:47 PM, Gmail <tgiacc...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> There are a lot of project using something other than the traditional >>> Java Date. >>>> >>>> Tony Giaccone >>>> >>>>> On Jun 25, 2016, at 5:30 PM, Andrus Adamchik <and...@objectstyle.org> >>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> 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 >