Suppose I have a class Customer that is mapped to the database and everything is a-ok.
Now suppose that I want to retrieve - in my application - the column name that NH knows Customer.FirstName maps to.
How would I do this?
You can access the database field name through NHibernate.Cfg.Configuration:
// cfg is NHibernate.Cfg.Configuration
// You will have to provide the complete namespace for Customer
var persistentClass = cfg.GetClassMapping(typeof(Customer));
var property = persistentClass.GetProperty("FirstName");
var columnIterator = property.ColumnIterator;
The ColumnIterator property returns IEnumerable<NHibernate.Mapping.ISelectable>. In almost all cases properties are mapped to a single column so the column name can be found using property.ColumnInterator.ElementAt(0).Text.
I'm not aware that that's doable.
I believe your best bet would be to use .xml files to do the mapping, package them together with the application and read the contents at runtime. I am not aware of an API which allows you to query hibernate annotations (pardon the Java lingo) at runtime, and that's what you would need.
Update:
Judging by Jamie's solution, NHibernate and Hibernate have different APIs, because the Hibernate org.hibernate.Hibernate class provides no way to access a "configuration" property.
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I am a new to using Mongo DB and exploring the frameworks around for migrating from mysql to mongodb. So far from my findings I have been able to figure out SpringMongo as the best solution to my requirements.
The only problem is that instead of using a DSL based or abstract querying mechanism, I wished the framework allowed me to pass plain json string as arguments to the different methods exposed by the API(find, findOne) so that the query parameters can be written out to an external file (using a key to refer) and passed to the methods by reading and parsing at run time. But the framework should be capable of mapping the results to the domain objects.
Is there a way in spring-mongo to achieve this? Or is there any other frameworks on the same lines
You could use Spring Data to do that, just use the BasicQuery class instead of Query class. Your code will look like the following:
/* Any arbitrary string that could to parsed to DBObject */
Query q = new BasicQuery("{ filter : true }");
List<Entity> entities = this.template.find(q, Entity.class);
If you want more details:
http://static.springsource.org/spring-data/data-mongo/docs/current/reference/html/#mongo.query
http://static.springsource.org/spring-data/data-mongodb/docs/current/api/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/query/BasicQuery.html
Well I got to find this one in the Spring data MongoOperations...
String jsonCommand = "{username: 'mickey'}";
MongoOperations mongoOps = //get mongooperations implemantation
mongoOps.executeCommand(jsonCommand)
It returns an instance of CommandResult that encapsulates the result.
I am trying to construct an SQL statement dynamically.
My context is created dynamically, using reflection finding classes deriving from EntityTypeConfiguration and adding them to DbModelBuilder.Configuration.
My EntityTypeConfiguration classes specify HasColumnName to map the Entity property name to db table column name, which I need to construct my SQL statement.
namespace MyDomain {
public class TestEntityConfig : EntityTypeConfiguration<TestEntity>{
Property("Name").HasColumnName("dbName");
}
}
From What I have researched, it seems I can get access to this information through MetadataWorkspace, which I can get to through ObjectContext.
I have managed to retrieve the the entity I am interested in with MetadataWorkspace.GetItem("MyDomain.TestEntity",DataSpace.OSpace), which gives me access to Properties, but none of the properties, of Properties, give me the name of the mapped db column, as specified with HasColumnName.
Also I am not clear what DataSpace.OSpace is and why my model is constructed in this space.
If Anyone can shed some light on this I would be grateful
UPDATE
Further to #Ladislav's comments. I discovered I can get the information as follows
For the class properties
ctx.MetadataWorkspace.GetItem<ClrEntityType>("MyDomain.TestEntity", DataSpace.OSpace)).Members
For the table properties
ctx.MetadataWorkspace.GetItem<EntityType>("CodeFirstDatabaseSchema.TestEntity",SSpace).Members
So given that I only know the type MyDomain.TestEntity and Memeber "Name". How would I go about to get "dbName". Can I always assume that my mapped class will be created in CodeFirstDatabaseSchema, om order to dynamically construct the identity to retrieve it from SSpace and how would I get to the correct Member in SSpace. Can I do something like
var memIndex = ctx.MetadataWorkspace.GetItem<ClrEntityType>("MyDomain.TestEntity", DataSpace.OSpace)).Members["Name"].Index;
var dbName = ctx.MetadataWorkspace.GetItem<EntityType>("CodeFirstDatabaseSchema.TestEntity",SSpace).Members[memIndex];
MetadataWorkspace contanis several containers specified by DataSpace. Interesting for you are:
CSpace - description of conceptual model (this should contain properties)
CSSpace - mapping of conceptual model to storage model (this should contain how classes / properties are mapped to tables / columns)
One of my applications is a public website, the other is an intranet. The public website runs using a limited security user that must access a certain table through a view, whereas the intranet can access the table itself.
This seems like it would be quite simple to setup using Fluent NHibernate. In my ClassMap I could do a check like this:
public class MyEntityClassMap : ClassMap<MyEntity>
{
public MyEntityClassMap()
{
if (NHibernateConfig.Current.Context == "intranet")
Table("t_MyEntity");
else
Table("v_MyEntity_pub");
... etc
}
}
Is there a simple way of doing this for embedded hbm files? The only method I can think of would be to have two copies of the hbm file, which would be confusing and far from ideal.
Is there perhaps a better way of achieving the same result?
Actually what you ask it is possible. You can actually access the embedded XML files and alter their content before the SessionFactory is build (on Application Start).
Assuming your will choose to reference the "t_MyEntity" in your entities by default here is how you can dynamically change this reference when you want to reference the "v_MyEntity_pub" table instead (the code may not work as it is but you will get the idea):
NHibernate.Cfg.Configuration cfg = new NHibernate.Cfg.Configuration();
cfg.AddAssembly(ASSEMBLYNAME);
if (NHibernateConfig.Current.Context != "intranet") //this is how you have stated you distinguish the intranet application from the other one.
{
string[] resourcesNames = assembly.GetManifestResourceNames();
foreach (string resourceName in resourcesNames)
{
StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(assembly.GetManifestResourceStream(resourceName));
string resourceContent = sr.ReadToEnd();
resourceContent = resourceContent.Replace("t_MyEntity", "v_MyEntity_pub");
cfg.AddXmlString(resourceContent);
}
}
ISessionFactory sessionFactory = cfg.BuildSessionFactory();
The above code should be executed only once for the lifetime of your application and only for the intranet application.
Although this is perhaps not the most helpful answer to your problem, I don't believe that this is possible in a mapping file. I also don't think that two hbm files would work for the same name, as it would be unable to distinguish between the two, you would instead have to have two identical objects each with slightly different names and mapping files. Which as you said in your question, would be completely confusing and ideal would simply be a spot on the horizon that you were hoping to, someday, reach.
Why is it that can't access everything directly through the view? I'm assuming there is no writing involved in this process? Is there any way you can change this method of accessing data while still maintaining your security?
I have som entities and now want to make some DTO´s based on there entities using nhibernate.
I have a Service - Allocation -Ressource where allocation describes how the ressource is allocated for the service.
I want a DTO like
ServiceDTO
-Name
-RessourceDTO
where RessourceDTO also has a name.
In the examples I have see for NHibernate projection/DTO you either use properties or constructor. If I use The Constructor approach I would have something like
ServiceDTO(Name, List
But I can't figure out how to make this work.
Another approach is to extract all the services and then loop through them and hit the database each time, or extract a larger result and then make the DTO's
What is the best approach? I going to hide all of this inside a repository.
How about
public ServiceDTO GetDTOFor(int Id);
{
var service = Session.CreateCriteria<Service>()
.Add(Restrictions.Eq("Id", id)
.SetFetchMode("Resources", fetchmode.eager) // eager load resources
.uniqueResult<Service>();
return new ServiceDTO(service.Name, service.Resources.ToList()) // Copy the Resources
}
I'm using NHibernate to connect to an ERP database on our DB2 server. We have a test schema and a production schema. Both schemas have the same table structure underneath. For testing, I would like to use the same mapping classes but point NHibernate to the test environment when needed and then back when in production. Please keep in mind that we have many production schemas and each production schema has an equivalent test schema.
I know that my XML mapping file has a schema property inside it, but since it's in XML, it's not like I can change it via a compiler directive or change the schema property based on a config file.
Any ideas?
Thank You.
No need to specify schema in the mappings: there's a SessionFactory-level setting called default_schema. However, you can't change it at runtime, as NHibernate pregenerates and/or caches SQL queries, including the schema part.
To get what I wanted, I had to use NHibernate.Mapping.Attributes.
[NHibernate.Mapping.Attributes.Class(0, Table = “MyTable”, Schema = MySchemaConfiguration.MySchema)]
In this way, I can create a class like MySchemaConfiguration and have a property inside of it like MySchema. I can either set the property's value via a compiler directive or get it through a configuration file. This way I only have to change the schema in one place and it will be reflected throughout all of the other mappings.
I have found following link that actually fixes the problem.
How to set database schema for namespace in nhibernate
The sample code could be
cfg.ClassMappings.Where(cm => cm.Table.Schema == "SchemaName")
.ForEach(cm => cm.Table.Schema = "AnotherSchemaName");
This should happen before you initialize your own data service class.
#Brian, I tried NHibernate.Mapping.Attributes, the attribute value you put inside should be a constant. So it could not be updated during run time. How could you have set the property's value using a parameter value in configuration file?
The code to fix HBM XML resources.
// This is how you get all the hbm resource names.
private static IList<string> GetAllHbmXmlResourceNames(Assembly assembly)
{
var result = new List<string>();
foreach (var resource in assembly.GetManifestResourceNames())
{
if (resource.EndsWith(".hbm.xml"))
{
result.Add(resource);
}
}
return result;
}
// This is how you get the stream for each resource.
Assembly.Load(assembly).GetManifestResourceStream(name)
// What you need to do next is to fix schema name in this stream
// Replacing schema name.
private Stream FixSchemaNameInStream(Stream stream)
{
StreamReader strStream = new StreamReader(stream);
string strCfg = strStream.ReadToEnd();
strCfg = strCfg.Replace(string.Format("schema=\"{0}\"" , originalSchemaName), string.Format("schema=\"{0}\"" , newSchemaName));
return new MemoryStream(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(strCfg));
}
Take a look at SchemaUpdate.
http://blogs.hibernatingrhinos.com/nhibernate/archive/2008/04/28/create-and-update-database-schema.aspx