Have you tried to extend the ReverseMappingTool so that you can intercept
the generated code rather than write it to a file? ... I'm not sure
how feasible this might be as I'm writing from my phone.
On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 3:35 PM, Aron L <a.lurie+o...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I've managed to get ReverseMappingTool running from within a plain-old Java
> method. Using the following:
>
> --------------------------------------------------------
>
> JDBCConfiguration result = new JDBCConfigurationImpl();
> result.setDBDictionary(xyz);
> result.setConnectionURL(xyz);
> result.setConnectionDriverName(xyz);
> result.setConnectionUserName(xyz);
> result.setConnectionPassword(xyz);
>
> Options rmOpts = new Options();
> String argString = "-Log DefaultLevel=INFO -metaDataFactory jpa() -metadata
> none";
> rmOpts.setFromCmdLine(StringUtils.split(argString, " "));
>
> try {
> ReverseMappingTool.run(result, new String[0], rmOpts);
> } catch (Exception e) {
> e.printStackTrace();
> }
>
> --------------------------------------------------------
>
> This successfully writes Java files reflective of the specified database to
> the directory that my code is running in, as expected.
>
> However, I would much prefer to have the Java generated returned in a map
> as
> a String, than written to a file. I see a way of changing the code slightly
> to make this happen: The method "recordCode" called by run on [1] below can
> take a Map, and if the Map is there, it will write the code that I want to
> that map. So if a variant of run(...) is added that allows the user to pass
> a map which is then forwarded to that method, then the user will get the
> code back.
>
> [1]
>
> http://grepcode.com/file/repository.springsource.com/org.apache.openjpa/com.springsource.org.apache.openjpa/1.1.0/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/ReverseMappingTool.java#2017
>
> Does anyone see a better way to do this, that doesn't involve changing the
> code? And if not, should I submit this customization as a patch?
>
> Thanks,
> Aron
>
>
>
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