[hibernate-dev] New metamodel and NamingStrategy

[Steve Ebersole]

Grrr, of course that last line should have read:

Essentially replaces NamingStrategy#classToTableName 


On Fri 17 Feb 2012 01:01:09 PM CST, Steve Ebersole wrote:
> As an example to start discussions, here is my first method proposal:
>
> public interface LogicalNamingStrategy {
> /**
> * Determine the logical table name to use for the specified entity in 
> cases where the mapping did
> * not specify one explicitly.
> *
> * @param entity The entity for which to determine the table name.
> *
> * @return The table name identifier to use
> */
> public Identifier logicalTableName(Entity entity);
> }
>
> Essentially replaces NamingHelper#classToTableName
> On Fri 17 Feb 2012 12:25:37 PM CST, Steve Ebersole wrote:
>> In Austin we had discussed splitting up NamingStrategy into 
>> LogicalNamingStrategy and PhysicalNamingStrategy. I am starting to 
>> think though and work on that task.
>>
>> We said that the "sources" (the collective term for annotations and 
>> hbm.xml) would return null to indicate that the logical naming should 
>> kick in. The idea being to allow the sources to remain as true as 
>> possible to the actual user supplied values.
>>
>> Anyway, just wanted to open this up to wider discussion.
>>
>> Btw the related issues are:
>> https://hibernate.onjira.com/browse/HHH-7077
>> https://hibernate.onjira.com/browse/HHH-7078
>> https://hibernate.onjira.com/browse/HHH-7079
>>
>

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