Foreign Key & Reference Object suggestion

[casterx <ca...@netzero.net>]

In the .9.8 release, the  PersistenceBrokerImpl. ssertFkAssignment(..)
function was added. If the actual object reference object is null, the
foreign key value itself is also set to null. This was always a vague point
about the behavior and some of our code, especially during object creation,
only sets the foreign key, empties the object from the cache, and requeries
to get the fully materialized object.

After upgrading to 9.8, a lot of our code ceased to work properly and I have
the feeling many other people will run into the same issue. In order to
please everyone, I'm suggesting the following:

*  Add a nullizeforeignkey (or something like it) attribute inside the
<reference-descriptor> or the <foreignkey>  tag inside it.  Something like:

<reference-descriptor
 name="ojb"
 class-ref=" "
 refresh="true"
 nullieforeignkey="false">

or

 <foreignkey field-id-ref="1" nullieforeignkey="false"/>
</reference-descriptor>



Please tell me if you're interested in having me write that code.
Thanks
Caster