Stefan Seelmann wrote: > Kasun Lakpriya wrote: >> Hi all, >> I have added some description about each and every component to make >> the diagram descriptive. Please add your suggestions and modifications >> need to added to this. It can be found in the same link [1] below. >> >> [1] - >> http://code.google.com/p/dirstudio-ldap-tooling/wiki/ArchitectureDiagram >> > Looks very great! > > I'm not sure if it is necessary to distinguish between "Apache Directory > Studio" and "Eclipse". The LDAP Persistence Tooling makes only sense > when the Studio plugins are installed within the Eclipse IDE. > > For the Code Generator you should use a template engine because I think > it allows great flexibility. > > The Schema Creator part is a bit unclear. What do you mean with the > second bullet "Directly using the API"? > > > I think it's time to make your hands dirty :-) . You already mentioned in > IRC that you'd like to start with path A, that's great. I'd recommend to > create a first prototype: > - Create an new UI plugin that adds a new menu item to the LDAP Browser > context menu used to select an entry and to call the analyzer > - Create a simple version of "LDAP entry and schema Analyzer" that just > extracts the structural object class from the entry and all user > attributes from the schema > - Select a template engine for the code generator > - Create a simple template that just generates a Java class named like > the structural object class (capitalize the first letter) and with > attributes (type Object) for all user attributes. No DAO yet. > > So for example, when selecting an inetOrgPerson" entry the generated > Java class looks like this: > > public InetOrgPerson > { > private Object objectClass > private Object cn; > private Object givenName; > private Object telephoneNumber; > .... > } > > I think it is important to get some working code very early. Then it is > much easier to discuss improvements and to add new features.
Just fyi: I created the initial project structure and maven project, see [1]. Kind Regards, Stefan [1]http://dirstudio-ldap-tooling.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/persistence-tooling/
