[forge-dev] Data access logic used by scaffold code

Richard and Jason, Both of you are working on (polished) code to provide CRUD functionality in Java EE 6 / CDI, code that was laid down for Seam 2 applications by seam-gen. Namely, you are replacing the Home and Query components, Richard for the Forge scaffolding and Jason for migrating a seam-gen app to Java EE 6. Ideally, you'll both reach the same endpoint. By that, I mean that the CRUD architecture in a new Forge application should match the code that we recommend for developers migrating from Seam 2 (specifically seam-gen apps). Otherwise, developers are going to be stuck trying to decide which direction to go...and that's no good obviously. Richard, I noticed that you are taking the no framework route by using the EntityManager directly and weaving both CRUD, conversation and pagination in a single component. Are you fixed on doing it that way, or would you consider using something like the CDI Query extension developed by Thomas and Bartosz from CTP [1]? I'm not trying to push you guys in either direction, other than I hope that we can settle on a single approach to become the recommended way of doing CRUD. The Seam community has been asking for a CRUD and Query module for a looooooong time, and we are now at the point where we actually need it ourselves. I'm interested to hear your feedback, and anyone else that has opinions or ideas for that matter. -Dan [1] http://ctpconsulting.github.com/query/1.0.0.Alpha2/index.html -- Dan Allen Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat | Author of Seam in Action Registered Linux User #231597 http://google.com/profiles/dan.j.allen http://mojavelinux.com http://mojavelinux.com/seaminaction