Hi Ilan, > At least @PrimaryKey should be a separate annotation.
Yes. Of course it already exists ... only it wasn't defined for Field/Method usage. > > I think that should be > > Class fieldType() void.class; > > because otherwise it becomes "required". > > > > Similarly PersistenceCapable.objectIdClass > > I guess you are right, just 'default' seems to be missing: > Class fieldType() default void.class; Yes > >> 5. RecursionDepth > >> Should be added somehow to the fields in @FetchGroup (and removed from > >> @Field if unused). > Maybe we need another annotation @FieldFetch. > IMO reusing fields in fetch groups is also confusing in the XML metadata. I agree, but I prefer @FetchField ;-) I've now included some of these changes in JPOX CVS :- 1. Removed @Collection, @Map, @Array and embodied attributes in @Element, @Key, @Value 2. Changed all attributes that represent a class to be of type Class and not String 3. Added defaults for "name", "table" on @Unique, @Index, @ForeignKey so users can specify just the annotation with no attributes 4. Added @FetchField to represent a field within a @FetchGroup (with attributes name and recursionDepth). Removed "recursionDepth" from @Field 5. Updated @PrimaryKey to be usable at Field/Method level as well as Class level. Latest javadocs at the following links have them :- http://www.jpox.org/docs/1_2/javadocs/Plugins/Java5/org/jpox/annotations/package-summary.html http://www.jpox.org/docs/1_2/javadocs/Plugins/Java5/org/jpox/annotations/orm/package-summary.html Still to do:- 1. @Field "indexed" and "unique" attributes likely to be removed. 2. Put in single package (javax.jdo.annotations) 3. Consider making more of the field-level annotations specifiable without attributes. -- Andy
