For sure!
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> On Mar 11, 2017, at 8:27 PM, Chuck Hill wrote:
>
> That looks like a very cool, useful contribution!
>
> Chuck
>
> From: on behalf
> of Ricardo Parada
> Date: Saturday, March 11, 2017 at 2:41 PM
> To: "webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com WebObjects"
>
> Subject: ERXQuery Preview
>
> Hi all,
>
> Over the years, I’ve worked on an class for doing ad hoc queries. This class
> has gotten better and better. At first, the API of this class and some
> implementation details were not ready for public consumption in my opinion.
>
> However, recently I took the time to polish the code as much as possible and
> if I can get my employer's approval I would like to contribute this code to
> project Wonder which has given us so much in return during the years.
>
> Here is a preview of its functionality. Please let me know if you guys think
> this would be a useful contribution.
> ERXQuery.java
> This class has a fluent API that mimics a select statement:
> NSArray> records =
>ERXQuery.create()
> .select (keys)
> .from (entity)
> .where (qualifier)
> .groupBy (groupings)
> .having (havingQualifier)
> .orderBy (sortings)
> .fetch();
> Overview
> ERXQuery allows you to use EOF constructs (EOQualifiers, EOAttributes,
> EOSortOrdering, EOAttribute names, relationships, etc.) to create queries of
> the form:
> SELECT ...
> FROM ...
> WHERE ...
> GROUP BY ...
> HAVING ...
> ORDER BY ...
> Using Ad Hoc Attributes
> You may use the ERXAdHocAttributes class to easily create ad hoc attributes
> to use with your query. For example, the code below creates two ad hoc
> EOAttributes. An ad hoc attribute is an EOAttribute that is not physically
> attached to an entity and that has a definition. They are useful for
> aggregating other attributes. The definition of the attribute can reference
> relationships and attributes as shown below.
> // Using a single query against the order entity, count the number of
> // orders and line items that match the qualifier.
> ERXAdHocAttributes attributes = ERXAdHocAttributes.create(orderEntity)
>.add("itemCount", "COUNT(DISTINCT lineItems.lineItemID)", "intNumber")
>.add("orderCount", "COUNT(DISTINCT orderID)", "intNumber");
> NSDictionary row =
>ERXQuery.create()
> .select (attributes)
> .from (orderEntity)
> .where (qualifier)
> .fetch()
> .lastObject();
> int orderCount = ((Number) row.objectForKey("orderCount")).intValue();
> int itemCount = ((Number) row.objectForKey("itemCount")).intValue();
> Fetching into a Custom Record Class
> You can also fetch using a custom class of your choice, i.e. Foo, as shown
> below:
> // Using java >= 8 is easy with a lambda expression
> NSArray objs = query.fetch(editingContext, (ec, row) -> new Foo(ec,
> row));
>
> // Using java < 8 you must provide a RecordConstructor
> ERXQuery.RecordConstructor recordConstructor =
>new ERXQuery.RecordConstructor {
>@Override
>public Foo constructRecord(EOEditingContext ec, NSMutableDictionary
> row) {
> return new Foo(ec, row);
>}
>};
> NSArray objs = query.fetch(editingContext, recordConstructor);
> Author: Ricardo J. Parada
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