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Reverse engineering and dates
When reverse engineering a database, the java.util.Date class is used in
all the classes that reference timestamps. Is there a way to get this to
default to another class? I'd like to use Joda's org.joda.time.DateTime
instead.
Is there an easy way to swap this out when the classes get generated?
Tony
Re: Reverse engineering and dates
Posted by Andrus Adamchik <an...@objectstyle.org>.
Needs to be implemented. But we have the right place for it.
Andrus
> On Jul 13, 2016, at 12:42 AM, Gmail <tg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Does that mean it's possible now but undocumented or that the capability needs to be implemented using these new features?
>
> Tony Giaccone
>
>> On Jun 27, 2016, at 11:41 AM, Andrus Adamchik <an...@objectstyle.org> wrote:
>>
>> I completely forgot. We have the whole new (M4; poorly documented) mechanism for configuring tons of reverse-engineering details that provides a new project file. All these settings should go there.
>>
>> Andrus
>>
>>> On Jun 27, 2016, at 11:11 AM, Giaccone, Tony <an...@nytimes.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Yes, I think that's fine. It's specific to the project.
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 4:56 PM, Andrus Adamchik <an...@objectstyle.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Fair enough. We do need to provide reverse engineering settings. I think
>>>> those may be implemented as the properties of the DataMap, like default
>>>> package, etc.
>>>>
>>>> Andrus
>>>>
>>>>> On Jun 26, 2016, at 4:47 PM, Gmail <tg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> There are a lot of project using something other than the traditional
>>>> Java Date.
>>>>>
>>>>> Tony Giaccone
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jun 25, 2016, at 5:30 PM, Andrus Adamchik <an...@objectstyle.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I wonder if instead of (in addition to) Joda preferences, we add a
>>>> single preference - "Java 8", and if that's on use the new Java 8 date/time
>>>> types that were all influenced by Joda. Thoughts?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Andrus
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Jun 22, 2016, at 2:01 PM, Anthony Giaccone <
>>>> anthony.giaccone@nytimes.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yeah,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have an existing schema and it’s something of a mess, and were using
>>>> git, so different branches have different schemas with different
>>>> attributes. So I’m re-engineering a lot.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I did what you suggested the first three times but then I was like.
>>>> "Meh, there should be a better way….”
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Maybe something as simple as a preferences page which specifies what
>>>> class to use for the basic mappings? Or maybe even easier, “Joda Time” and
>>>> a check box.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Tony
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I’m also changing a bunch of lookup tables that curren
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Jun 22, 2016, at 12:19 PM, John Huss <jo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If this is a one-time task, just open up the cayenne-*.map.xml file
>>>> in a
>>>>>>>> text editor and do a Find and Replace All of "java.util.Date" with
>>>>>>>> "org.joda.time.DateTime".
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 11:06 AM Tony Giaccone <tg...@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> When reverse engineering a database, the java.util.Date class is
>>>> used in
>>>>>>>>> all the classes that reference timestamps. Is there a way to get
>>>> this to
>>>>>>>>> default to another class? I'd like to use Joda's
>>>> org.joda.time.DateTime
>>>>>>>>> instead.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Is there an easy way to swap this out when the classes get generated?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Tony
>>
Re: Reverse engineering and dates
Posted by Gmail <tg...@gmail.com>.
Does that mean it's possible now but undocumented or that the capability needs to be implemented using these new features?
Tony Giaccone
> On Jun 27, 2016, at 11:41 AM, Andrus Adamchik <an...@objectstyle.org> wrote:
>
> I completely forgot. We have the whole new (M4; poorly documented) mechanism for configuring tons of reverse-engineering details that provides a new project file. All these settings should go there.
>
> Andrus
>
>> On Jun 27, 2016, at 11:11 AM, Giaccone, Tony <an...@nytimes.com> wrote:
>>
>> Yes, I think that's fine. It's specific to the project.
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 4:56 PM, Andrus Adamchik <an...@objectstyle.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Fair enough. We do need to provide reverse engineering settings. I think
>>> those may be implemented as the properties of the DataMap, like default
>>> package, etc.
>>>
>>> Andrus
>>>
>>>> On Jun 26, 2016, at 4:47 PM, Gmail <tg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> There are a lot of project using something other than the traditional
>>> Java Date.
>>>>
>>>> Tony Giaccone
>>>>
>>>>> On Jun 25, 2016, at 5:30 PM, Andrus Adamchik <an...@objectstyle.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I wonder if instead of (in addition to) Joda preferences, we add a
>>> single preference - "Java 8", and if that's on use the new Java 8 date/time
>>> types that were all influenced by Joda. Thoughts?
>>>>>
>>>>> Andrus
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jun 22, 2016, at 2:01 PM, Anthony Giaccone <
>>> anthony.giaccone@nytimes.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yeah,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have an existing schema and it’s something of a mess, and were using
>>> git, so different branches have different schemas with different
>>> attributes. So I’m re-engineering a lot.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I did what you suggested the first three times but then I was like.
>>> "Meh, there should be a better way….”
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Maybe something as simple as a preferences page which specifies what
>>> class to use for the basic mappings? Or maybe even easier, “Joda Time” and
>>> a check box.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tony
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I’m also changing a bunch of lookup tables that curren
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Jun 22, 2016, at 12:19 PM, John Huss <jo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If this is a one-time task, just open up the cayenne-*.map.xml file
>>> in a
>>>>>>> text editor and do a Find and Replace All of "java.util.Date" with
>>>>>>> "org.joda.time.DateTime".
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 11:06 AM Tony Giaccone <tg...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> When reverse engineering a database, the java.util.Date class is
>>> used in
>>>>>>>> all the classes that reference timestamps. Is there a way to get
>>> this to
>>>>>>>> default to another class? I'd like to use Joda's
>>> org.joda.time.DateTime
>>>>>>>> instead.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Is there an easy way to swap this out when the classes get generated?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Tony
>
Re: Reverse engineering and dates
Posted by Andrus Adamchik <an...@objectstyle.org>.
I completely forgot. We have the whole new (M4; poorly documented) mechanism for configuring tons of reverse-engineering details that provides a new project file. All these settings should go there.
Andrus
> On Jun 27, 2016, at 11:11 AM, Giaccone, Tony <an...@nytimes.com> wrote:
>
> Yes, I think that's fine. It's specific to the project.
>
> On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 4:56 PM, Andrus Adamchik <an...@objectstyle.org>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Fair enough. We do need to provide reverse engineering settings. I think
>> those may be implemented as the properties of the DataMap, like default
>> package, etc.
>>
>> Andrus
>>
>>> On Jun 26, 2016, at 4:47 PM, Gmail <tg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> There are a lot of project using something other than the traditional
>> Java Date.
>>>
>>> Tony Giaccone
>>>
>>>> On Jun 25, 2016, at 5:30 PM, Andrus Adamchik <an...@objectstyle.org>
>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I wonder if instead of (in addition to) Joda preferences, we add a
>> single preference - "Java 8", and if that's on use the new Java 8 date/time
>> types that were all influenced by Joda. Thoughts?
>>>>
>>>> Andrus
>>>>
>>>>> On Jun 22, 2016, at 2:01 PM, Anthony Giaccone <
>> anthony.giaccone@nytimes.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Yeah,
>>>>>
>>>>> I have an existing schema and it’s something of a mess, and were using
>> git, so different branches have different schemas with different
>> attributes. So I’m re-engineering a lot.
>>>>>
>>>>> I did what you suggested the first three times but then I was like.
>> "Meh, there should be a better way….”
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Maybe something as simple as a preferences page which specifies what
>> class to use for the basic mappings? Or maybe even easier, “Joda Time” and
>> a check box.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Tony
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I’m also changing a bunch of lookup tables that curren
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jun 22, 2016, at 12:19 PM, John Huss <jo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If this is a one-time task, just open up the cayenne-*.map.xml file
>> in a
>>>>>> text editor and do a Find and Replace All of "java.util.Date" with
>>>>>> "org.joda.time.DateTime".
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 11:06 AM Tony Giaccone <tg...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> When reverse engineering a database, the java.util.Date class is
>> used in
>>>>>>> all the classes that reference timestamps. Is there a way to get
>> this to
>>>>>>> default to another class? I'd like to use Joda's
>> org.joda.time.DateTime
>>>>>>> instead.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Is there an easy way to swap this out when the classes get generated?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Tony
>>>>
>>
>>
Re: Reverse engineering and dates
Posted by "Giaccone, Tony" <an...@nytimes.com>.
Yes, I think that's fine. It's specific to the project.
On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 4:56 PM, Andrus Adamchik <an...@objectstyle.org>
wrote:
>
> Fair enough. We do need to provide reverse engineering settings. I think
> those may be implemented as the properties of the DataMap, like default
> package, etc.
>
> Andrus
>
> > On Jun 26, 2016, at 4:47 PM, Gmail <tg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > There are a lot of project using something other than the traditional
> Java Date.
> >
> > Tony Giaccone
> >
> >> On Jun 25, 2016, at 5:30 PM, Andrus Adamchik <an...@objectstyle.org>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> I wonder if instead of (in addition to) Joda preferences, we add a
> single preference - "Java 8", and if that's on use the new Java 8 date/time
> types that were all influenced by Joda. Thoughts?
> >>
> >> Andrus
> >>
> >>> On Jun 22, 2016, at 2:01 PM, Anthony Giaccone <
> anthony.giaccone@nytimes.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Yeah,
> >>>
> >>> I have an existing schema and it’s something of a mess, and were using
> git, so different branches have different schemas with different
> attributes. So I’m re-engineering a lot.
> >>>
> >>> I did what you suggested the first three times but then I was like.
> "Meh, there should be a better way….”
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Maybe something as simple as a preferences page which specifies what
> class to use for the basic mappings? Or maybe even easier, “Joda Time” and
> a check box.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Tony
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I’m also changing a bunch of lookup tables that curren
> >>>
> >>>> On Jun 22, 2016, at 12:19 PM, John Huss <jo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> If this is a one-time task, just open up the cayenne-*.map.xml file
> in a
> >>>> text editor and do a Find and Replace All of "java.util.Date" with
> >>>> "org.joda.time.DateTime".
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 11:06 AM Tony Giaccone <tg...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> When reverse engineering a database, the java.util.Date class is
> used in
> >>>>> all the classes that reference timestamps. Is there a way to get
> this to
> >>>>> default to another class? I'd like to use Joda's
> org.joda.time.DateTime
> >>>>> instead.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Is there an easy way to swap this out when the classes get generated?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Tony
> >>
>
>
Re: Reverse engineering and dates
Posted by Andrus Adamchik <an...@objectstyle.org>.
Fair enough. We do need to provide reverse engineering settings. I think those may be implemented as the properties of the DataMap, like default package, etc.
Andrus
> On Jun 26, 2016, at 4:47 PM, Gmail <tg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> There are a lot of project using something other than the traditional Java Date.
>
> Tony Giaccone
>
>> On Jun 25, 2016, at 5:30 PM, Andrus Adamchik <an...@objectstyle.org> wrote:
>>
>> I wonder if instead of (in addition to) Joda preferences, we add a single preference - "Java 8", and if that's on use the new Java 8 date/time types that were all influenced by Joda. Thoughts?
>>
>> Andrus
>>
>>> On Jun 22, 2016, at 2:01 PM, Anthony Giaccone <an...@nytimes.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Yeah,
>>>
>>> I have an existing schema and it’s something of a mess, and were using git, so different branches have different schemas with different attributes. So I’m re-engineering a lot.
>>>
>>> I did what you suggested the first three times but then I was like. "Meh, there should be a better way….”
>>>
>>>
>>> Maybe something as simple as a preferences page which specifies what class to use for the basic mappings? Or maybe even easier, “Joda Time” and a check box.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Tony
>>>
>>>
>>> I’m also changing a bunch of lookup tables that curren
>>>
>>>> On Jun 22, 2016, at 12:19 PM, John Huss <jo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> If this is a one-time task, just open up the cayenne-*.map.xml file in a
>>>> text editor and do a Find and Replace All of "java.util.Date" with
>>>> "org.joda.time.DateTime".
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 11:06 AM Tony Giaccone <tg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> When reverse engineering a database, the java.util.Date class is used in
>>>>> all the classes that reference timestamps. Is there a way to get this to
>>>>> default to another class? I'd like to use Joda's org.joda.time.DateTime
>>>>> instead.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there an easy way to swap this out when the classes get generated?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Tony
>>
Re: Reverse engineering and dates
Posted by Gmail <tg...@gmail.com>.
There are a lot of project using something other than the traditional Java Date.
Tony Giaccone
> On Jun 25, 2016, at 5:30 PM, Andrus Adamchik <an...@objectstyle.org> wrote:
>
> I wonder if instead of (in addition to) Joda preferences, we add a single preference - "Java 8", and if that's on use the new Java 8 date/time types that were all influenced by Joda. Thoughts?
>
> Andrus
>
>> On Jun 22, 2016, at 2:01 PM, Anthony Giaccone <an...@nytimes.com> wrote:
>>
>> Yeah,
>>
>> I have an existing schema and it’s something of a mess, and were using git, so different branches have different schemas with different attributes. So I’m re-engineering a lot.
>>
>> I did what you suggested the first three times but then I was like. "Meh, there should be a better way….”
>>
>>
>> Maybe something as simple as a preferences page which specifies what class to use for the basic mappings? Or maybe even easier, “Joda Time” and a check box.
>>
>>
>>
>> Tony
>>
>>
>> I’m also changing a bunch of lookup tables that curren
>>
>>> On Jun 22, 2016, at 12:19 PM, John Huss <jo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> If this is a one-time task, just open up the cayenne-*.map.xml file in a
>>> text editor and do a Find and Replace All of "java.util.Date" with
>>> "org.joda.time.DateTime".
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 11:06 AM Tony Giaccone <tg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> When reverse engineering a database, the java.util.Date class is used in
>>>> all the classes that reference timestamps. Is there a way to get this to
>>>> default to another class? I'd like to use Joda's org.joda.time.DateTime
>>>> instead.
>>>>
>>>> Is there an easy way to swap this out when the classes get generated?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Tony
>
Re: Reverse engineering and dates
Posted by Andrus Adamchik <an...@objectstyle.org>.
I wonder if instead of (in addition to) Joda preferences, we add a single preference - "Java 8", and if that's on use the new Java 8 date/time types that were all influenced by Joda. Thoughts?
Andrus
> On Jun 22, 2016, at 2:01 PM, Anthony Giaccone <an...@nytimes.com> wrote:
>
> Yeah,
>
> I have an existing schema and it’s something of a mess, and were using git, so different branches have different schemas with different attributes. So I’m re-engineering a lot.
>
> I did what you suggested the first three times but then I was like. "Meh, there should be a better way….”
>
>
> Maybe something as simple as a preferences page which specifies what class to use for the basic mappings? Or maybe even easier, “Joda Time” and a check box.
>
>
>
> Tony
>
>
> I’m also changing a bunch of lookup tables that curren
>
>> On Jun 22, 2016, at 12:19 PM, John Huss <jo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> If this is a one-time task, just open up the cayenne-*.map.xml file in a
>> text editor and do a Find and Replace All of "java.util.Date" with
>> "org.joda.time.DateTime".
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 11:06 AM Tony Giaccone <tg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> When reverse engineering a database, the java.util.Date class is used in
>>> all the classes that reference timestamps. Is there a way to get this to
>>> default to another class? I'd like to use Joda's org.joda.time.DateTime
>>> instead.
>>>
>>> Is there an easy way to swap this out when the classes get generated?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Tony
>>>
>
Re: Reverse engineering and dates
Posted by Anthony Giaccone <an...@nytimes.com>.
Yeah,
I have an existing schema and it’s something of a mess, and were using git, so different branches have different schemas with different attributes. So I’m re-engineering a lot.
I did what you suggested the first three times but then I was like. "Meh, there should be a better way….”
Maybe something as simple as a preferences page which specifies what class to use for the basic mappings? Or maybe even easier, “Joda Time” and a check box.
Tony
I’m also changing a bunch of lookup tables that curren
> On Jun 22, 2016, at 12:19 PM, John Huss <jo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> If this is a one-time task, just open up the cayenne-*.map.xml file in a
> text editor and do a Find and Replace All of "java.util.Date" with
> "org.joda.time.DateTime".
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 11:06 AM Tony Giaccone <tg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> When reverse engineering a database, the java.util.Date class is used in
>> all the classes that reference timestamps. Is there a way to get this to
>> default to another class? I'd like to use Joda's org.joda.time.DateTime
>> instead.
>>
>> Is there an easy way to swap this out when the classes get generated?
>>
>>
>>
>> Tony
>>
Re: Reverse engineering and dates
Posted by John Huss <jo...@gmail.com>.
If this is a one-time task, just open up the cayenne-*.map.xml file in a
text editor and do a Find and Replace All of "java.util.Date" with
"org.joda.time.DateTime".
On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 11:06 AM Tony Giaccone <tg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> When reverse engineering a database, the java.util.Date class is used in
> all the classes that reference timestamps. Is there a way to get this to
> default to another class? I'd like to use Joda's org.joda.time.DateTime
> instead.
>
> Is there an easy way to swap this out when the classes get generated?
>
>
>
> Tony
>