Re: [binarycloud-dev] entity definition format

[Alex B. <en...@tu...>]

>> I don't see why not. I don't _think_ entityManager supprts that currently
>> but I have no problem with the idea as long as its implemented properly :)
>> 
> 
> It does support that; you have to specify the joins in a hierarchical array
> structure in the entity definition (that syntax could use some rethinking
> before we release as it was imported from an earlier abstraction layer). I can
> supply an example entity definition if there is interest.

That would be great.

>> Actually, along these lines: does anyone have any qualms about making this
>> assumption?:
>> 
>>     -Entity Field names must correspond exactly to table field names (we
>> could get rid of the schema map if we did this)
>> 
> 
> The schema structure is optional; if it's not present, we use the object
> structure, which is single-dimensional, instead. Odysseas or John C.  will
> probably have better rationale for this than I do, but at least one example of
> where the schema mapping comes in useful is in building a generic public data
> access structure which could be used to automatically generate, for example,
> dtd's for XML access to these objects. Having a degree of independance between
> your data access structure's element names and your database field names could
> prove useful for cases like this.

Agreed.

_a