XML Map file options

These can also be found in codegen.dtd at http://charzard.

# note include and relation are to be implemented ..

• mapping ( class+, property* ) the top level element for all Abra files

• class ( description?, cache-type?, map-to?, class-view+, constraint+, field+ )

  name

  the fully quaified class name - (ie. com.foo.Bar)

  extends

  a Java class to extend (does not have to be in the map-file)

  identity

  for SQL-mapping the primary key of this table

  implements

  any Java interfaces to implement (; seperated)

  factory-ext

  the Java base factory for the generated Abstract fac defaults to (FactoryBase or EndDateFactoryBase (end-date=''true'')

  many-to-many

  set to true for many to many relationships

  end-date

  set to true if the class should be end-dated not deleted.

• constraint

  name

  type

  'unique' or 'check'

• relation ( description?, map-to?, related, related) : NOT implemented name
• related ( description?, sql?, xml?, ldap? ) : NOT implemented

  name

  type

• map-to

  table

  the sql table name

  xml

  the xml node name

• class-view: a definition of a class data-view (to abstract this class)

  name

  format

  a short name to be use later like 'normal', 'blotter'

• field ( description?, sql?, xml?, view+ , validate*) : description of a java/sql/xml field mapping

  name

  type

  Fully qualified name (integer, string or foo.bar.FooBar)

  required

  if true both sql and xml will require this field

  collection

  ( array | vector | hashtable | collection | set | map )

• sql: for field to sql mappings

  name

  constraint-name

  for referential or defined contraints

  constraint

  to define a field constraint (like '> 0')

  type

  to re-define the sql type (otherwise the default mappings are used

• view: to define how this field is viewed in different data abstractions

  in

  the format of the view (like 'blotter')

  foreign-view

  if a composite field the name of the view in the other class

  foreign-field

  if a composite field the single parameter to rip

• xml: to define a how the java maps to xml

  name

  type

  node

  ( attribute | element | text ) how it should be (un)/marshalled

• validate: add a validation node to this field

  required

  set to true for business level mandatory field

  regex

  give a regular expression for pattern matching

  name

  used for regexp failed messages

  code

  used for regexp failed codes