You can use Java enums with the Modeler already (even with Cayenne
1.2). Not *selecting* from dropdown, but rather typing your enum
class in the dropdown field.
Could you explain how are you planning to add enums to dropdowns?
They are user defined classes after all.
Andrus
On Aug 9, 2007, at 3:25 PM, Michael Gentry wrote:
> Another advantage of deciding on 1.5 is we can have native enumeration
> support. I would definitely like to see this in the modeler and could
> try to add it (my Swing skills aren't so hot, but I can be stubborn).
> I'd like to be able to define the enumerated values in the modeler and
> be able to choose them in the data type pull downs. Then hook into
> the code generation to create the enumerations and have Cayenne
> automatically register them. Then your _Classes could have valid
> setLoanType(com.foo.bar.LoanTypeEnum loanType) calls.
>
> This is kind of what I've implemented with the enumerations example I
> put on the wiki, but I'd like it to be much more native in Cayenne.
> Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
>
> /dev/mrg
>
> PS. At one point, my example didn't work under Java 5, but I suspect
> that was a bug in the JVM. I haven't tried it since, though.
> PPS. Yeah, I need to get to work on this stuff ...
>
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