On Wed, 19 Sep 2001, Clarance Howatt wrote:
> Sorry I said sorry :-)
(o:
> What I want is one field per bean that that records when _any_field was
> changed.
ok - thats what I thought you meant at first, but then I thought you meant
per class - thanks for clarifying
> As for writing the code, I will do it. What I am thinking is that it will
> go into the AbstractEjbSubTask class and is really simple.
Probably in Subtask would be better... its not going to be specific to ejb
is it?
> Being somewhat new (OK very new ) to open source development, how do I go
> about submitting my modification?
I assume you have a cvs client/command line/something. do a cvs diff and
send in the output. someone with commit access will check it in...
cheers
dim
>
> C.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dmitri Colebatch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 9:27 AM
> To: Clarance Howatt
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [Xdoclet-user] Looking for a new template tag
>
>
> On Wed, 19 Sep 2001, Clarance Howatt wrote:
>
> > Yes this is related to what I was trying to do and I did receive your
> > suggestions. Thank you. I am sorry for not acknowledging them. We are
> you dont need to say sorry (o: I was just checking I wasn't off thinking
> about the wrong thing.
>
> > taking your advice but there is still a problem. Lets say that I have a
> > persistent field "COMPANY_NAME" and I want to add an audit field
> > "LAST_MODIFIED_DATE". This is what I do (I think).
> firstly... again to get me thinking about the right problem. do you want
> one field per bean that records when _any_ field was changed? (as opposed
> to one for each field on the bean)
>
> > - I add code to the template to set the LAST_MODIFIED_DATE within the
> setter
> > for all persistent fields.
> > - I add a getter and a setter for COMPANY_NAME and include the persistent
> > tag.
> > - I add code to the jboss-jaws_xml.j (I am using JBoss) and ejb-jar_xml.j
> to
> > add the LAST_MODIFIED_DATE as a persistent field.
> >
> > This works but I thought that it would be cleaner to have a tag that would
> > allow me to insert getter/setter code specific to that method. I think
> this
> > would be valuable for classes as well although I don't have a use for the
> > ifClassName tag right now.
> I'm not sure it would really be much cleaner... certainly be more abstract
> and usable by other templates. Do you feel you'd be up to writing the
> new method (along the lines suggested by Ara)? Have a look at some of the
> other ifBlah methods for hints (o:
>
> cheesr
> dim
>
>
> >
> > Thanks again.
> > C.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dmitri Colebatch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 5:28 PM
> > To: Clarance Howatt
> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [Xdoclet-user] Looking for a new template tag
> >
> >
> > I've just read Andrew's post on this, and figured that this is related to
> > what you were doing the other day, yes? Did you understand my
> > suggestion? The fieldNameLastModified field's getter's and setter's can
> > be generated based on the getter's for the fieldnames - your real problem
> > is going to be in ejb2 cmp how to do it... anyway, not 100% about how
> > you're planning to implement it but want to make sure you received my
> > suggestion...
> >
> > > This is an enhancement request. I would like to see two new template
> tags
> > > included in XDoclet
> > > 1. <ifMethodNameEqual>
> > > 2. <ifMethodNameNotEqual>
> >
> > I see no problem with this, but am surprised we dont have something
> > similar. I know we have <ifHasMethod> and stuff, but its not quite the
> > same thing. The other thing you could do is use the "looping variable" -
> > I cant remember what its called, but have seen functionality where you can
> > basically set a variable and then test against it, as a workaround you may
> > be able to do that.
> >
> > Having said that, if you want to send a patch with those tags, it'd be
> > welcome.
> >
> > cheers
> > dim
> >
> >
> > >
> > > These tags would allow me to include code within a template that is
> > targeted
> > > at a specific method within a class. After looking at the source I
> think
> > > that these will be very easy to create but I would like to know others
> > > thoughts before I create them.
> > >
> > > C.
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