Cool. I thought of that but I wasn't sure if that was the way to go. Thanks a lot!
On Oct 26, 2012, at 10:59 AM, Chuck Hill <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 2012-10-26, at 1:50 PM, Johnny Miller wrote: > >>> I suspect that you are just confusing yourself and making a trivial thing >>> hard. If you have an EO, you can just >> >> Well, it wouldn't be the first time that is for sure. Maybe I'm just doing >> something that is wrong but I have a piece of code that I want to work even >> if I add more subclasses to this entity. Since I won't know ahead of time >> what the name of this entity will be I don't know how to convert an entity >> name to something that makes sense for the user. Maybe the code is easier >> to understand? >> >> NSMutableArray<ReportForPaymentType> reports = new >> NSMutableArray<ReportForPaymentType>(); >> EOEntity entity = new >> EOEnterpriseObjectClazz<EOEnterpriseObject>(MESAbstractPaymentInfo.ENTITY_NAME).entity(); >> NSArray<EOEntity> subEntities = entity.subEntities(); >> NSMutableArray<EOQualifier> qualifiers = new >> NSMutableArray<EOQualifier>(); >> >> >> qualifiers.addObject(MESAbstractPaymentInfo.DISPATCH.dot(MESDispatch.RESERVATION_DATE).greaterThanOrEqualTo(controller().startDate())); >> >> qualifiers.addObject(MESAbstractPaymentInfo.DISPATCH.dot(MESDispatch.RESERVATION_DATE).lessThanOrEqualTo(controller().endDate())); >> >> for(EOEntity subEntity : subEntities) { >> >> NSMutableArray<EOQualifier> subEntityQualifiers >> = (NSMutableArray<EOQualifier>)qualifiers.clone(); >> >> subEntityQualifiers.addObject(subEntity.restrictingQualifier()); >> NSArray<MESAbstractPaymentInfo> >> subEntityPayments = >> MESAbstractPaymentInfo.fetchMESAbstractPaymentInfos(controller().ec(), new >> EOAndQualifier(subEntityQualifiers), null); >> >> if(subEntityPayments.size() > 0) { >> // This is the part I want to change >> // I'd like to somehow get the >> "displayName" without having to get an object. >> // So that even if the result is 0 I >> can still create a report for the sub entity. > > If the result is zero, you don't have any EOs. But you do have the EOEntity > "subEntity". I assume that displayName is an attribute in your model that is > specific to some particular subclass. If so, just add the name to the > sub-entity's userInfo dictionary. Then >> >> report.setPaymentType(subEntity.userInfo().objectForKey("displayName")); > > >> MESAbstractPaymentInfo paymentInfo = >> subEntityPayments.get(0); >> ReportForPaymentType report = new >> ReportForPaymentType(); >> >> report.setPaymentType(paymentInfo.displayName()); >> >> report.setDispatchCount(subEntityPayments.size()); >> >> report.setTotalRevenue((BigDecimal)subEntityPayments.valueForKey("@sum.amount")); >> reports.addObject(report); >> } >> >> } >> >> I hope that makes some kind of sense... >> >> Johnny >> >> >> On Oct 26, 2012, at 10:29 AM, Chuck Hill <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> On 2012-10-26, at 1:25 PM, Johnny Miller wrote: >>> >>>> I never met David A. (although I really appreciate his sense of humor) but >>>> somehow I thought he was Irish - my mistake. >>> >>> He is a Norseman by way Minnesota. Ah Yup! >>> >>> Calling him Irish is going to give Kieran nightmares! >>> >>> >>>> The latter, an EO of that entity. I have an abstract entity and I want to >>>> get a pretty print name for the sub-entities. >>> >>> I suspect that you are just confusing yourself and making a trivial thing >>> hard. If you have an EO, you can just >>> >>> eo.getClass().getName() >>> >>> And EOEntity has these methods: >>> >>> String className() >>> Returns the name of the Enterprise Object class associated with the >>> receiver. >>> >>> String classNameWithoutPackage() >>> Return the name of the Enterprise Object class associated with the >>> receiver without the package information. >>> >>> >>> Chuck >>> >>>> >>>> On Oct 26, 2012, at 10:20 AM, Chuck Hill <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 2012-10-26, at 12:33 PM, Johnny Miller wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Nothing could be sadder than an Irishman in a dry country. Sounds like >>>>>> some kind of war crime to me. >>>>> >>>>> Irish?!!? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Another question: Once I have the EOEntity is there any way I can >>>>>> access a static method or field for that class? >>>>> >>>>> For the EOEntity class or an EO of that entity? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Chuck >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> On Oct 26, 2012, at 9:05 AM, Chuck Hill <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Sounds like too much polyester in the hot sun has started to affect >>>>>>> poor David's mind! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 2012-10-25, at 6:36 PM, David Avendasora wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> API Inconsistencies like this drive me crazy! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> What metaphor are we using? Parent/Child? Superclass/Subclass? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Apparently the answer is "Yes". >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> To get the EOEntity that myEntity inherits from you call >>>>>>>> myEOEntity.parent() >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Okay, Fine. We're using the Parent/Child metaphor. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> To get the EOEntities that inherit from myEntity you call >>>>>>>> myEntity.subEntities(). >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Wait. Whaaa??? WTF. Really? Two sides of one structure and you can't >>>>>>>> use the same metaphor? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I tells ya, it makes me almost want to get up out of my rocking chair >>>>>>>> and dope-slap someone. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> But of course any impact that might have would be quickly erased by >>>>>>>> the simultaneous groveling hero-worship of the people who have made my >>>>>>>> coding life so easy that mixed metaphors piss me off. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Dave >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Oct 26, 2012, at 9:00 AM, Chuck Hill <[email protected]> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> EOEntity.subEntities: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> subEntities >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> public NSArray subEntities() >>>>>>>>> Returns a list of those entities that inherit from the receiver, or >>>>>>>>> an empty array if no entities inherit from the receiver. >>>>>>>>> Returns: An array of the receiver's sub-entities, or an empty array. >>>>>>>>> See Also: EOEntity.addSubEntity(EOEntity child), >>>>>>>>> EOEntity.parentEntity(), EOEntity.removeSubEntity(EOEntity child) >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 2012-10-25, at 5:36 PM, Johnny Miller wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> What's the way to find all the entities that subclass a given entity? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Thanks in advance, >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Aloha, >>>>>>>>>> Mr. Johnny Miller >>>>>>>>>> Web Development Manager >>>>>>>>>> Kahalawai Media Company >>>>>>>>>> Lahaina, HI 96761 >>>>>>>>>> tel: (808) 661-7962 | mobile: (808) 283-0791 >>>>>>>>>> website | e-mail >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>>>> Do not post admin requests to the list. 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