+1 for the same reason Paul said that it doesn't require changes to class map.
-----Original Message----- From: Paul Batum <paul.ba...@gmail.com> To: fluent-nhibernate@googlegroups.com Sent: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 6:33 pm Subject: [fluent-nhib] Re: Mapping private properties +1 I really like how it looks, and I like how it means there are zero changes to class map this way. Paul Batum On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 8:14 AM, Tuna Toksöz <tehl...@gmail.com> wrote: Great idea, looks good to me. Tuna Toksöz http://tunatoksoz.com Typos included to enhance the readers attention! On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 10:57 PM, James Gregory <jagregory....@gmail.com> wrote: Guys, We've been quite regularily receiving requests and/or complaints about not being able to map private and protected properties. I think we all know why this isn't possible, and I think we're mostly in agreement that allowing this is kinda against the purpose of Fluent NHibernate; however, people still want it. I think it was Chad who suggested that we could supply some alternative methods that take strings as parameters, as a way to make it possible but not as intuitive as the lambda mappings (with the purpose of making people use the lambdas whenever possible, rather than seeing the lambda parameter and the string parameter and taking the one they know best - the string). I had an idea of an alternative, and I've knocked up a few tests and it seems=2 0to work. Map(Reveal.Property<Entity>("PrivatePropertyName")); HasMany(Reveal.Property<Entity>("PrivateCollection")); The Reveal in those statements is a static class, and the Property method takes a property name and a generic type parameter of the entity being mapped. It then does some expression magic and builds up an Expression<Func<Entity, object>> object. This essentially allows us to leave the mapping completely untouched. No overloads/alternatives for every method, no maintenance nightmare. If people want to use it, they're welcome to, but the default route is still the lambda expressions. Any thoughts? I've tested this against Map and HasMany, and I haven't had any trouble, will test everything else before releasing though. James --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Fluent NHibernate" group. To post to this group, send email to fluent-nhibernate@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to fluent-nhibernate+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/fluent-nhibernate?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
