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Andy Jefferson commented on JDO-615:
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Proposal to make the interface more typesafe, and more usable. Methods to add
to supplement the existing methods.
PackageMetadata JDOMetadata.newPackageMetadata(Class cls); // takes the package
from the class
ClassMetadata JDOMetadata.newClassMetadata(Class cls); // Add package if needed
then the class
InterfaceMetadata JDOMetadata.newInterfaceMetadata(Class cls); // Add package
if needed then the class
PackageMetadata.newClassMetadata(Class cls); // takes the class name from the
class
PackageMetadata.newInterfaceMetadata(Class cls); // takes the interface name
from the class
ClassMetadata.newFieldMetadata(Field fld); // takes the field name from the
field
ClassMetadata.newPropertyMetadata(Method meth); // takes the property name from
the method (bean-style)
so then users code is refactorable. Obviously for the latter two methods the
user still has to obtain the Field/Method so of limited benefit for those.
> MetaData specification API
> --------------------------
>
> Key: JDO-615
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JDO-615
> Project: JDO
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Reporter: Andy Jefferson
> Fix For: JDO 2 maintenance release 3
>
> Attachments: BooleanProperties.patch, jdometadata-6.patch
>
>
> We can specify MetaData via XML or annotations. The only way missing is via
> an API. I propose mirroring the XML structure with interfaces of the form
> public interface MetaData
> {
> addExtension(String key, String value);
> removeExtension(String key, String value);
> ...
> }
> public interface FileMetaData
> {
> addPackage(PackageMetaData pmd);
> ...
> }
> public interface PackageMetaData
> {
> addClass(ClassMetaData cmd)
> ...
> }
> public interface ClassMetaData
> {
> addField(FieldMetaData fmd)
> ...
> }
> public interface FieldMetaData
> {
> setInheritance(InheritanceMetaData inhmd)
> ...
> }
> and so on.
> We would then require a method on the PMF to register the metadata.
> If there are no objections to such a feature I'll propose a patch to try to
> provide all current JDO2 capabilities.
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