Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!news-out.readnews.com!transit4.readnews.com!news-out.news.tds.net!newsreading01.news.tds.net!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "markspace" Subject: Re: Type of a generic class? Message-ID: <501C1564.56021.calajapr@time.synchro.net> X-Comment-To: Donkey Hottie Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer In-Reply-To: <501C1560.56003.calajapr@time.synchro.net> References: <501C1560.56003.calajapr@time.synchro.net> X-FTN-AREA: COMP.LANG.JAVA.PROGRAMMER X-FTN-MSGID: 1:261/38 6b370dfd X-FTN-REPLY: 1:261/38 e0d18a7f Content-Type: text/plain; charset=IBM437 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gateway: time.synchro.net [Synchronet 3.16a-Win32 NewsLink 1.98] Lines: 38 Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:54:15 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.21.70.65 X-Complaints-To: news@tds.net X-Trace: newsreading01.news.tds.net 1344020055 69.21.70.65 (Fri, 03 Aug 2012 13:54:15 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2012 13:54:15 CDT Organization: tds.net Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:17062 To: Donkey Hottie From: markspace <-@.> On 8/2/2012 12:04 PM, Donkey Hottie wrote: > First problem I have is to translate the type to a lower level > application API call. I can not leave the cast or type conversion to > compiler only. I'm going to ignore other obvious problems and simply focus on the big picture here. You idea how to accomplish this looks *TERRIBLE*. Why aren't you using some kind of ORM? At least use a light-weight library for translating data base entities into objects. Also JPA will do some kinds of automatic instantiation for you: I didn't check to see if those are the most recent docs (I don't use this sort of feature). Google for "JPA table inheritance" and check through the results carefully. > Class is a simple version containg only the important parts. Honestly, while we all appreciate the attempt, you example is far from complete. We can guess at a few things, but you should think much more carefully at what the real problem is and design something to illustrate it. --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Dada-1 * Origin: Prism bbs (1:261/38) --- Synchronet 3.16a-Win32 NewsLink 1.98 Time Warp of the Future BBS - telnet://time.synchro.net:24