Re:Re: [binarycloud-dev] entity definition suggestion (again)

[Manuel L. <man...@uo...>]

Hello,

>> Would this be suitable for allowing one to have fields automatically be
>> encrypted in the database?
>> This seems like more of a Metabase question, but I have no experience
>> with Metabase.
>
>It's a mix. But it certainly belongs in the entity def. I'll add it.
>
>> At first thought, I'd say use mcrypt to encrypt/decrypt the data
>> automatically to/from the database if the encrypt tag is TRUE in the
>> entity definition.
>
>That's what happens in r1

BTW, I am starting to implement LOB support to Metabase. Passing data to LOBs will use input stream objects. These objects will be of classes derived from a Metabase input stream class. In the derived classes you can supply data with functions that may do all sorts of things link for instance filtering data (encrypting, compressing, etc...).

I want to make these input stream objects also work with non-LOB fields to promote further reuse. I want to provide basic input stream classes for passing data defined statically or from files. I think that is the place for you to provide further classes to do other types of other filtering without patching Metabase.

Regards,
Manuel Lemos