On Jun 28, 2007, at 6:18 PM, Michael Gentry wrote:
For some reason, I thought CayenneDataObject had a
writeNestedProperty() method, but it doesn't seem to. It looks like
PropertyUtils has the ability to do this, though (although I might
need to patch it). Would it make since to make writing nested paths
available in CayenneDataObject, too?
There was a thread on that some time back. I think there were no
objections to adding it:
http://objectstyle.org/cayenne/lists/cayenne-user/2006/06/0180.html
Also, while I'm thinking of path-type things, would it make since to
change readNestedProperty() to handle this case (quoting from the
JavaDoc):
Read to-many relationship in the middle of the path (throws
exception):
String name = (String)artist.readNestedProperty
("paintingArray.paintingName");
If memory serves, I believe EOF handles this situation by returning an
array or list of paintingName values. Then you could do:
List names = (List) artist.readNestedProperty
("paintingArray.paintingName");
I am +1 - that's an important feature. But to be fully consistent, we
need to make sure it works for POJOs the same way (when filtering in-
memory with Expressions).
Andrus
