Re: [Modus-devs] Collections of content objects and performance

[Jeremy F. <jfi...@ma...>]

One question about the XML below: how does categoryPicker work? Does it =
define a single field with a collection of category objects, or maybe =
two fields, one with a list of category names (the handles you =
mentioned) and another with a list of categoryids?
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Nathan Dintenfass=20
  To: mod...@li...=20
  Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 5:52 PM
  Subject: RE: [Modus-devs] Collections of content objects and =
performance


  We are very much on the same track.  I agree that "join" is the wrong =
word in the OO context.  Collection is much better.  In fact, they =
probably should even be arrays, they should be structs (in CF terms).  I =
extended the XML config I put together after my last post to toy with =
what it might look like.  I came up with:

  <contentObjectType label=3D"Press Release">
   <fields>
    <field
     name=3D"title"
     label=3D"Title"
     type=3D"org.bacfug.modus.fields.text">
     <rules>
      <rule
       name=3D"org.bacfug.modus.validation.full" />
      <rule
       name=3D"org.bacfug.modus.validation.maxlength"=20
       maxlength=3D"50"/>=20
     </rules>
    </field>
    <field
     name=3D"body"
     label=3D"Main Body"
     type=3D"org.bacfug.modus.fields.longText"/>
    <field
     name=3D"image"
     label=3D"Photo"
     type=3D"org.bacfug.modus.fields.webImage"/>
    <field
     name=3D"featured"
     label=3D"Featured?"=20
     type=3D"org.bacfug.modus.fields.yesno"=20
     default=3D"no">
     <rules>
      <rule
       name=3D"org.bacfug.modus.validation.boolean"/>
     </rules>
    </field>
    <field
     name=3D"category"
     label=3D"Category"
     type=3D"modustest.contentObjects.categoryPicker"/>
    <field  name=3D"type"
      label=3D"type"
      type=3D"org.bacfug.modus.fields.picklist">
     <options>
      <option value=3D"normal" label=3D"Normal"/>
      <option value=3D"special" label=3D"Special"/>
     </options> =20
    </field>
    <field name=3D"related"
      label=3D"Related Press Releases"
      type=3D"org.bacfug.modus.fields.contentObject"
      multiple=3D"yes">
     <objectType name=3D"modustest.contentObjects.pressRelease"/>
    </field> =20
   </fields>
  <contentObjectType>/modus-devs