[jira] [Updated] (CAY-1795) "Invisible" ObjAttribute in subclass

["Andrus Adamchik (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CAY-1795?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Andrus Adamchik updated CAY-1795:
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    Fix Version/s: 3.2M1
                   3.1B3
    
> "Invisible" ObjAttribute in subclass
> ------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: CAY-1795
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CAY-1795
>             Project: Cayenne
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Modeler
>    Affects Versions: 3.1B1, 3.2M1
>            Reporter: Andrus Adamchik
>             Fix For: 3.1B3, 3.2M1
>
>
> This is a two-fold issue with "invisible" attributes that are possible to map via the Modeler, and that are causing runtime problems.. Scenario to reproduce:
> * Open the modeler
> * Create new DataMap 
> * Create new DbEntity with a PK column
> * Create new ObjEntity based on DbEntity above and map meaningful PK
> * Create another ObjEntity that is a subclass of the ObjEntity above
> * Add ObjAttribute to subclass and use the same name as the meaningful PK attribute. Hit "Enter" in the name field - attribute disappears. The user assumes this was because the attribute is already defined in the superclass.. 
> * Save the project - subclass ObjAttribute appears in the XML:
> <data-map xmlns="http://cayenne.apache.org/schema/3.0/modelMap"
> 	 xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
> 	 xsi:schemaLocation="http://cayenne.apache.org/schema/3.0/modelMap http://cayenne.apache.org/schema/3.0/modelMap.xsd"
> 	 project-version="6">
> 	<db-entity name="db_entity">
> 		<db-attribute name="untitledAttr" type="INTEGER" isPrimaryKey="true" isMandatory="true"/>
> 	</db-entity>
> 	<obj-entity name="DbEntity" dbEntityName="db_entity">
> 		<obj-attribute name="untitledAttr" type="java.lang.Integer" db-attribute-path="untitledAttr"/>
> 	</obj-entity>
> 	<obj-entity name="ObjEntity" superEntityName="DbEntity">
> 		<obj-attribute name="untitledAttr"/>
> 	</obj-entity>
> </data-map>
> I.e. subclass attribute is there, but it is invisible in the Modeler. 
> Now problem number two is caused by invisible attribute in runtime. A SelectQuery against super that fetches some sub entities , returns NULL elements in the result list. 
> Fix ideas...
> As a minor improvement we may kill such "shadow" attribute in runtime and print a warning, but I guess the real fix should be on the Modeler end - complain about a name that matches super name. And if the super was renamed to create sub conflict, display a validation error on save. And do not hide the attribute if it was added - the user should be able to see it and remove/rename if needed.

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