[jbossseam-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Created: (JBSEAM-4405) Add the ability to define entity-query objects via annotations - in addition to components.xml

Add the ability to define entity-query objects via annotations - in addition to components.xml ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: JBSEAM-4405 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBSEAM-4405 Project: Seam Issue Type: Feature Request Components: Framework Affects Versions: 2.2.0.GA Reporter: Piotr Steininger Priority: Minor Currently the only way to dynamically create an entity-home or entity-query component is via XML in components.xml. The code option is to subclass one of EntityHome or EntityQuery classes and write a lot of redundant code. The proposed feature would allow to simply annotate an @Entity with (for example): @EntityQueries( {@EntityQuery( name="people", query="select ..... ", ...)} ) @EntityHome(name="personHome") I think there is already code that automatically creates these components on start-up based on components.xml. There are 2 main drivers behind this idea: 1. Continued reduction of XML and promoting declarative programming 2. Having entity home/queries defined once in one jar eliminates the need to duplicate XML, which would go in components.xml if the domain objects are used in more than one project/war file -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira