configuration

[Bob Hanson <mn...@gmail.com>]

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1.0.0 Alpha- 07/10/2004
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- dao.config, sqlMap.config, providers.config must be place in the
base directory of the application domain (same dir as app.config or
web.config)
- removed tag 'providers' from config file.


Just wondering what the rationale for the above is? I can always
modify the source code to meet my needs (which leads to upgrade
headaches) but I want to understand why configuration choices aren't
left up to the user. I'm using iBATIS for a web service and a
(separate) web application that are being developed for production.
iBATIS is part of my data access layer which is contained in a class
library assembly. Coupling the configuration files with the
apps/services somewhat defeats the purpose of my de-coupling the data
layer.

Re: configuration

[Bob Hanson <mn...@gmail.com>]

For those interested, here is the current hack I made in order to
minimize the amount of change necessary to configure the way I want.
It allowed me to put all of my configuration files in a separate
directory except providers.config which must be copied to the base
directory of every application that uses my data access layer:

In IBatisNet.Common.Utilities.Resources:
change GetConfigAsXmlDocument (line 80) from:
XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextReader(_baseDirectory +
Path.DirectorySeparatorChar + fileName);
to:
XmlTextReader reader;
if ((fileName[1] == ':' && fileName[2] == '\\') || fileName[0] == '\\')
{ // detects paths starting with drive:, \, \\
	reader = new XmlTextReader(fileName);
}
else
{
	reader = new XmlTextReader(_baseDirectory +
Path.DirectorySeparatorChar + fileName);
}

then in all of your SqlMap.config file, make sure to use url instead
of resource for <sqlMap> and <properties>. But don't specifly a
"file://" url. Use a full path instead like:
<sqlMap url="c:\Configuration\Database\Maps\Account.xml"/>



On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 13:13:59 -0600, Bob Hanson <mn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> ------------------------------
> 1.0.0 Alpha- 07/10/2004
> ------------------------------
> - dao.config, sqlMap.config, providers.config must be place in the
> base directory of the application domain (same dir as app.config or
> web.config)
> - removed tag 'providers' from config file.
> 
> Just wondering what the rationale for the above is? I can always
> modify the source code to meet my needs (which leads to upgrade
> headaches) but I want to understand why configuration choices aren't
> left up to the user. I'm using iBATIS for a web service and a
> (separate) web application that are being developed for production.
> iBATIS is part of my data access layer which is contained in a class
> library assembly. Coupling the configuration files with the
> apps/services somewhat defeats the purpose of my de-coupling the data
> layer.
>