Yeah, it is a bit confusing. We had discussions on improving this UI and we may still do it. This field is a regex (or a comma, separated list of regex's ? :)). Anyways, to include all tables, you need to enter ".*" in there.
Andrus > On Jan 20, 2017, at 7:48 PM, sagar bijlwan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks Andrus for the prompt reply, > > I think how I was able to generate setter for the PK in Cayenne 3. > > 1. While reengineering DB schema in modeler, there is a checkbox for > meaningful PK. > 2. I checked that one and hence it resulted in setter for PK. > > However, in revamped UI of 4.0.M4, this checkbox is chucked out and now > there is a text field which is pretty subtle change and I happen to miss > that. Once I write name of the table in the field, generated model has the > PK as a property. > > Now this was fine with single table. If there are multiple tables then Is > a comma separated list of table names a good approach ? or what you > mentioned in point 2 of your previous mail ? ( my bet is on this ). > > Regards > Sagar > > On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 4:17 PM, Andrus Adamchik <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Actually NOT making PK a part of the object model was a default in Cayenne >> since day 1. >> >> 1. If all you need is to read the PK value, you can use >> Cayenne.pkForObject(..) >> 2. If this is a meaningful PK and you need a setter, just create a new >> ObjAttribute in the Modeler manually and map it to PK column. >> >> HTH, >> Andrus >> >> --------------- >> Andrus Adamchik >> @andrus_a | @ApacheCayenne >> >>> On Jan 20, 2017, at 10:50 AM, sagar bijlwan <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> In cayenne 3 primary key column is also available as a property in auto >>> generated java model so it can be easily accessed using setters and >>> getters, However, it seems same can't be said about cayenne 4. When I am >>> generating Java model of the same DB table, I am only getting PK column ( >>> and not the new "Property" type for the primary key) thus I don't have >> any >>> setters and getters for the primary key. >>> >>> Am I missing something here as I don't seem to recall doing anything >>> special in cayenne 3? Or should I do anything extra in cayenne 4 to make >> it >>> work? >>> >>> Any insight into this would be appreciated. >>> >>> Regards >>> Sagar >> >> >> > > > -- > S A M
