Hi Archie, I will try to come out all the files needed to be modified in order to support interface traversing in nested field mapping and send it to your email address. The basic idea is that I introduce a new attribute called "class-path" to configure the concrete classes for abstract class and interface. This is a kind of polymorphic problems which seems not easy to solve as the original problem in this serie of discussions. I think a better solution is to find the concrete class dyanmically during object traversing in a nested path with the class information stored in a field of a row as you suggested in your mail.
Regards, Rice --- Archie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hello Thomas, > Is there documentation about using DListImpl to > support polymorphic? Or this feature just works in > odmg api? how about other api? > > By the way, one feature in Hinbernate impress me > is > that it has a type called "class" to store the > field's > class as string (java.lang.getClass()). Only with a > feild's class stored in a row, it is possible to > implement ploymorphic. With serializable object > stored > as binary, much informatin is lost for doing query > (for example, I just want query elements with some > specific class in a containing object). Am I right? > > Another issue I met in mapping is when using > nested > field I must force my code to declare intermediate > fields as concrete class, for example, > InterfaceImpleClass instead of Interface. Otherwise, > an error will happen when retrieving object from > database. I search the mail list archive, Rice had > posted a solution. But I still have this problem in > rc4. > > Finally, I must say 'thank you' to all of you to > provide OJB. I like it (though I seem raising too > many > mapping problems). I have used other commercial JDO > compatiable products and I found they also have > similar mapping problems. For OJB, it does quite > good > in OR mapping. For Hibernate, I do not like it much > because it force me to wirte many setXXX methods for > properties that should be read-only. For OJB, its > instrumenation to object models is not much since > the > introduction of anonymous fields. > > cheers > Archie > > > hello Rice, > Could you mail me the solution to the problem I > mentioned in the above? > > thank you > Archie > > > > Just have a look at the > > > o.a.ojb.odmg.collections.DListImpl class. > > > It is a list implementation that can hold > elements > > > of arbitrary persistent > > > classes. > > > > > > The trick is that we store serialized Identity > > > objects as "pointers" to the > > > actual objects. > > > If you look at the DListImpl code you will see > how > > > easy it is. > > > > > --- Rice Yeh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ªº°T®§¡G> Hi > Thomas, > > I am not familiar with ODMG but I will go to > study > > it. One question needs your help, is it meant that > > in > > the mapping file for this DListImpl I do not need > to > > configure the attribute element-class-ref for > > collection-descriptor tag? > > > > Regards, > > Rice > > > > --- Mahler Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > Hello Rice, > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I have been using OJB for some period. I am > > > taking a > > > > project left by a partner that uses Hinbernate > > for > > > > persistence. So I start studying Hibernate. > > > Hibernate > > > > has a mapping function called "any type > mapping" > > > that > > > > is defined as the follows: > > > > > > > > "The <any> mapping element defines a > polymorphic > > > > association to classes from multiple tables. > > This > > > type > > > > of mapping always requires more than one > column. > > > The > > > > first column holds the type of the associated > > > entity. > > > > The remaining columns hold the identifier. It > is > > > > impossible to specify a foreign key constraint > > for > > > > this kind of association, so this is most > > > certainly > > > > not meant as the usual way of mapping > > > (polymorphic) > > > > associations." > > > > > > > > This kind of mapping is quite useful when > > dealing > > > with > > > > fields of java.lang.Object or interface. > > However, > > > as I > > > > know, there is no such support in OJB. > > > > > > That's not true! > > > OJB allows to build completely polymorphic > > mappings. > > > Just have a look at the > > > o.a.ojb.odmg.collections.DListImpl class. > > > It is a list implementation that can hold > elements > > > of arbitrary persistent > > > classes. > > > > > > The trick is that we store serialized Identity > > > objects as "pointers" to the > > > actual objects. > > > If you look at the DListImpl code you will see > how > > > easy it is. > > > > > > cheers, > > > Thomas > > > > > > > > > > I try to study > > > > the source code of OJB, but am still not able > to > > > > figure out the way to modify it (The xml > mapping > > > > handling code is a little hard to understand, > > just > > > > wonder if it is possible to re-write it with > > Jibx > > > to > > > > make it more concise). > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Rice > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > > Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears > > > > http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Protect your identity with Yahoo! 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