Re: Entity Modeler hates me.

From: Q (qdola..mail.com)
Date: Tue Feb 27 2007 - 18:22:32 EST

  • Next message: Mike Schrag: "Re: Entity Modeler hates me."

    On 28/02/2007, at 9:12 AM, Mike Schrag wrote:

    > I f***ing hate plist format. Who thought this format was a good
    > idea? "Lets store typeful data in a typeless file format". And
    > they can't parse a negative number without quotes? Still not as
    > bad as parts of the EOModel file format parser using Y/N and others
    > using YES/NO and they DON'T PARSE the other syntax. That's my
    > favorite feature of all time.
    >
    > My bigger concern is reading that back into Entity Modeler. I
    > don't know exactly what Cayenne's property list deserializer does
    > there. If you open the model after fixing the quotes, does Entity
    > Modeler actually parse it properly? It so, this should be easy to
    > fix.

    I feel your pain.

    Yes, it parses fine. It was originally created in EOModeler, which
    quotes the values, it just wasn't resaved with quotes after I decided
    to try using Entity Modeler to make some changes.

    > ms
    >
    > On Feb 27, 2007, at 6:02 PM, Q wrote:
    >
    >>
    >> Found it. Entity Modeler is not quoting "scale" values that are
    >> negative. Manually editing the model to quote these values fixed it.
    >>
    >> On 28/02/2007, at 1:23 AM, Mike Schrag wrote:
    >>
    >>> Looks like a bug. If you can figure out what is not being quoted
    >>> properly, that would be very helpful.
    >>>
    >>> On Feb 27, 2007, at 9:46 AM, Q wrote:
    >>>
    >>>> I have a model that if I open it and save it in EOModeler it
    >>>> works fine, however if I open it in Entity Modeler and save it
    >>>> my app throws the following error on startup (reopening in
    >>>> EOModeler and resaving again fixes whatever is wrong with it).
    >>>> Is this a bug or have I not done something that EOModeler does
    >>>> for me automagically?:
    >>>>
    >>>> Also, which plist file is it most likely referring to?
    >>>>
    >>>> [2007-02-28 00:27:07 EST] <main>
    >>>> java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Property list parsing failed
    >>>> while attempting to read unquoted string. No allowable
    >>>> characters were found. At line number: 20, column: 19.
    >>>> at com.webobjects.foundation.NSPropertyListSerialization
    >>>> $_Utilities._readUnquotedStringIntoStringBuffer
    >>>> (NSPropertyListSerialization.java:606)
    >>>> at com.webobjects.foundation.NSPropertyListSerialization
    >>>> $_Utilities._readObjectIntoObjectReference
    >>>> (NSPropertyListSerialization.java:588)
    >>>> at com.webobjects.foundation.NSPropertyListSerialization
    >>>> $_Utilities._readDictionaryContentsIntoDictionary
    >>>> (NSPropertyListSerialization.java:836)
    >>>> at com.webobjects.foundation.NSPropertyListSerialization
    >>>> $_Utilities._readObjectIntoObjectReference
    >>>> (NSPropertyListSerialization.java:584)
    >>>> at com.webobjects.foundation.NSPropertyListSerialization
    >>>> $_Utilities._readArrayContentsIntoArray
    >>>> (NSPropertyListSerialization.java:786)
    >>>> at com.webobjects.foundation.NSPropertyListSerialization
    >>>> $_Utilities._readObjectIntoObjectReference
    >>>> (NSPropertyListSerialization.java:580)
    >>>> at com.webobjects.foundation.NSPropertyListSerialization
    >>>> $_Utilities._readDictionaryContentsIntoDictionary
    >>>> (NSPropertyListSerialization.java:836)
    >>>> at com.webobjects.foundation.NSPropertyListSerialization
    >>>> $_Utilities._readObjectIntoObjectReference
    >>>> (NSPropertyListSerialization.java:584)
    >>>> at com.webobjects.foundation.NSPropertyListSerialization
    >>>> $_Utilities._propertyListFromString
    >>>> (NSPropertyListSerialization.java:397)
    >>>> at com.webobjects.foundation.NSPropertyListSerialization
    >>>> $_Utilities.propertyListFromString
    >>>> (NSPropertyListSerialization.java:375)
    >>>> at
    >>>> com.webobjects.foundation.NSPropertyListSerialization.propertyListF
    >>>> romString(NSPropertyListSerialization.java:80)
    >>>> at
    >>>> com.webobjects.foundation.NSPropertyListSerialization.propertyListW
    >>>> ithPathURL(NSPropertyListSerialization.java:93)
    >>>> at com.webobjects.eoaccess.EOModel.entityNamed(EOModel.java:307)
    >>>> at com.webobjects.eoaccess.EOModel.entities(EOModel.java:356)
    >>>> at er.extensions.ERXModelGroup.flattenPrototypes
    >>>> (ERXModelGroup.java:898)
    >>>> at er.extensions.ERXModelGroup.fixPrototypesForModel
    >>>> (ERXModelGroup.java:810)
    >>>> at er.extensions.ERXModelGroup.resetConnectionDictionaryInModel
    >>>> (ERXModelGroup.java:730)
    >>>> at er.extensions.ERXModelGroup.addModel(ERXModelGroup.java:153)
    >>>> at er.extensions.ERXModelGroup.addModelWithPathURL
    >>>> (ERXModelGroup.java:307)
    >>>> at er.extensions.ERXModelGroup.loadModelsFromLoadedBundles
    >>>> (ERXModelGroup.java:105)
    >>>> at er.extensions.ERXExtensions.defaultModelGroup
    >>>> (ERXExtensions.java:82)
    >>>> at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    >>>> at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke
    >>>> (NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
    >>>> at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke
    >>>> (DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
    >>>> at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
    >>>> at com.webobjects.foundation.NSSelector._safeInvokeMethod
    >>>> (NSSelector.java:120)
    >>>> at com.webobjects.foundation._NSDelegate._perform
    >>>> (_NSDelegate.java:225)
    >>>> at com.webobjects.foundation._NSDelegate.perform
    >>>> (_NSDelegate.java:158)
    >>>> at com.webobjects.eoaccess.EOModelGroup.defaultGroup
    >>>> (EOModelGroup.java:365)
    >>>> at er.extensions.ERXEntityClassDescription
    >>>> $Factory.applicationDidFinishLaunching
    >>>> (ERXEntityClassDescription.java:276)
    >>>> at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    >>>> at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke
    >>>> (NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
    >>>> at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke
    >>>> (DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
    >>>> at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
    >>>> at com.webobjects.foundation.NSSelector._safeInvokeMethod
    >>>> (NSSelector.java:120)
    >>>> at com.webobjects.foundation.NSNotificationCenter
    >>>> $_Entry.invokeMethod(NSNotificationCenter.java:601)
    >>>> at
    >>>> com.webobjects.foundation.NSNotificationCenter.postNotification
    >>>> (NSNotificationCenter.java:545)
    >>>> at
    >>>> com.webobjects.foundation.NSNotificationCenter.postNotification
    >>>> (NSNotificationCenter.java:559)
    >>>> at com.webobjects.appserver.WOApplication.run
    >>>> (WOApplication.java:878)
    >>>> at er.extensions.ERXApplication.run(ERXApplication.java:622)
    >>>> at com.webobjects.appserver.WOApplication.main
    >>>> (WOApplication.java:324)
    >>>> at er.extensions.ERXApplication.main(ERXApplication.java:389)
    >>>> at Application.main(Application.java:16)
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>> --
    >>>> Seeya...Q
    >>>>
    >>>> Quinton Dolan - qdola..mail.com
    >>>> Gold Coast, QLD, Australia
    >>>> Ph: +61 419 729 806
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >> --
    >> Seeya...Q
    >>
    >> Quinton Dolan - qdola..mail.com
    >> Gold Coast, QLD, Australia
    >> Ph: +61 419 729 806
    >>
    >>
    > 

    -- 
Seeya...Q

    Quinton Dolan - qdola..mail.com
Gold Coast, QLD, Australia
Ph: +61 419 729 806

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