RE: [binarycloud-dev] entity definition format

[Andreas A. <a.a...@th...>]

Hi  John,

> This seems like an example of a multi-lined "owned object".  I
> didn't go back and read the original mail, so I hope this is useful.
> There would be 3 entities: user, userinterest, interest.
Jepp, exactly.

> The owned object would be "userinterest", with a parententity of user.
> In the parent entity, you
> define how a parent relates to it's "owned objects" like this:
>
> 'ownedobjects' => array (
> 	'fkey'		=> 'PATH1', // from userinterest
> 	'invfkey'	=> 'PATH2', // from user
> 	'entity'	=> 'userinterest', // the ownedobject entity
> 	'path'		=> 'USERINTERESTS', // how to reference
> from the parent object
> )

Cool.

> Once all the meta data work is done, then all the linking of user and
> userinterests will be done automatically (thanks to ent2qry).  There will
> also be a ready made multiline UI for choosing interests to
> associate with this user (assuming the user layout file is correct).

Absolutely fantastic.

Andi