I'll put it in as a feature request.
Dave
On Mar 20, 2008, at 1:29 PM, Chuck Hill wrote:
> I like.
>
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> On Mar 20, 2008, at 4:03 AM, David Avendasora wrote:
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>> Hi all,
>>
>> I just had an idea of something that I think would be useful, but
>> it is a substantial shift in the normal Class <-> Entity Modeler
>> editing workflow.
>>
>> What if instead of simply seeing that the .eomodeld file in the
>> "Related" list in the bottom left corner of the WOLips perspective,
>> the actual Entity Properties pane came up for the Entity.java file
>> currently active in the java editor?
>>
>> There's no need to see the outline or the list of entities as the
>> WOPackageExplorer would somewhat replace that.
>>
>> This would be greatly streamline changing properties, adding fetch
>> specifications, etc, without actually switching perspectives and
>> opening Entity Modeler as a whole. It would really solidify the
>> relationship between a entity's .java files and the model itself
>> because a switch in perspectives (both Eclipse and actual) would no
>> longer be required between java and model editing.
>>
>> You would only need to open the full Entity Modeler if you were
>> adding attributes or relationships, but even those could be done
>> here too by simply adding an Entity Modeler toolbar with all the
>> requisite buttons to that pane as well.
>>
>> It would be very rare that you'd need to actually open the model
>> file in the full Entity Modeler application, and at that point
>> maybe you could just go open it out of the Resources directory, or
>> have a button on the new pane that will open the full Entity
>> Modeler perspective.
>>
>> What does everyone think?
>>
>> Dave
>>
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