[Ijsql-devel] Fw: Happy Holidays

[William G. <ww...@ts...>]

Hello, folks --

Peter never received this email, so I'm resending it ...

I haven't had time to do any more work since sending this originally, so the
code is still as it's described in the email below.

Regards,
Bill Graham

----- Original Message -----
From: "William Graham" <ww...@ts...>
To: <Ijs...@li...>
Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2000 12:44 AM
Subject: Happy Holidays


> Dear Jukka, Peter, and Glen --
>
> Happy Holidays !!!
>
> Hope the season finds all of you well and happy.
>
> iJSQL update:
>
> I have the architecture divided: currently there's  the core class,
> iJSQL.java, and a console view class, iJSQL_Console.java.  Jukka's
> switchable connections are working, and I have tested it with InstantDB
and
> MS Access (using the jdbcodbc bridge). I'm javadoccing the code now, and
> will try to sort out cvs to get it checked in.  I've gone ahead and
attached
> the code as a zip archive, if you want to take a look.  As I said, it's
not
> commented much yet ...
>
> I've implemented the packaging I proposed, working Jukka's plugins into
the
> core tree:
> com.curiousmuse.ijsql.core
>     com.curiousmuse.ijsql.core.plugin
>     com.curiousmuse.ijsql.core.pluginsamples
> com.curiousmuse.ijsql.view
>     com.curiousmuse.ijsql.view.console
>     com.curiousmuse.ijsql.view.gui
>
> I also added a LOAD option to the core iJSQL class: if the statement is in
> the format "LOAD <driver classname>", the specified driver is loaded.
Also,
> if you specify "LOAD <driver classname> <connection string> [<username>]
> [<password>]", the driver is loaded, then a connection is established to
the
> specified db/user/password.  This connection then becomes the current
> connection.
>
> Right now, no drivers are loaded when you start an app.  You must use the
> LOAD command from the commandline.  Here's my idea on how to handle this:
we
> supply a sample properties file with some common drivers specified.  The
> user can edit these to get the initial setup configured (for the gui view,
> maybe there's a nice Swing interface to do this).  The app attempts to
load
> these on startup.  Any drivers that are LOADed by the user are added to
the
> properties file, or replace the current entries.
>
> Any input on what I've done is welcome.  One area I'd like feedback on is
> the treatment of the member variables in the core iJSQLclass.  It's not a
> "pure" OO approach ... what do you think??
>
> Best Regards,
> Bill Graham
>