Sunday, May 23, 2010

Re: What's the best/easiest way of doing server-side persistence with GWT?

So is anybody able to tell me if I should get GWT 2.1 M1 before trying
Spring Roo, or should I just use Spring Roo now for Hibernate with GWT
2.0.3? (I've never used Spring Roo).

I'll definitely be making a db4o version alongside this regardless.

On May 22, 2:04 pm, Navigateur <naveen.c...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Manoj!
> So I was wondering, is it feasable to use Spring Roo with GWT 2.0.3
> (for spring roo to do the persistence bit with e.g. Hibernate?) or is
> it necessary to use GWT 2.1 M1?
>
> I'm thinking of doing both Spring Roo Hibernate and db4o versions and
> commenting out one to test the performance of the other in turn. I
> hope they make a nice Spring Roo module for GWT+db4o if that would
> help using db4o as well.
>
> So, do I need to use GWT 2.1 to use Spring Roo?
>
> On May 21, 6:56 pm, Manoj <vkma...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > There are enhancements in GWT 2.0 to handle enhanced classes
> > especially the ones related to persistence. Please see the section
> > "Serializing Enhanced Classes" ofhttp://code.google.com/webtoolkit/doc/latest/DevGuideServerCommunicat...
>
> > As mentioned in their documentation, there still exists certain
> > limitations, but see if they are relevant to your application. Also
> > note that you need to add jpa-annotations-source.jar in gwt classpath.
> > You can get it from here ->http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/detail?id=1830
>
> > Thanks,
> > Manoj
>
> > On May 21, 11:44 am, Ladislav Gazo <ladislav.g...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > And how does GWT handle associations where Hibernate (as JPA
> > > implementation) puts own Collection implementations? They are not
> > > serializable... that is the reason why Gilead exists. Can you tell me
> > > how is it possible to achieve it without such layer?
>
> > > On 21. Máj, 16:00 h., Manoj <vkma...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > I just completed an application on the following stack -> GWT, Spring
> > > > and EclipseLink (JPA). From my experience, if you are using GWT 2.x
> > > > and using annotations in your persistent classes, there is no need for
> > > > Gilead or Dozer. Don't get hung up digging the net as most of the
> > > > blogs/articles are outdated (for GWT 1.5 or 1.x)
>
> > > > If you are developing your application as one big project, this is
> > > > super easy and everything just works. There is no problem transferring
> > > > objects from DAO layer all the way upto java script. (GWT 2.x knows
> > > > how to handle it).
> > > > But if you want to separate out your server side development you will
> > > > have to package those transfer objects along with source as a jar and
> > > > add them as gwt module(source is also required for gwt). Mine was a
> > > > relatively small application and hence followed the first approach.
> > > > But i did try out the second approach and it worked. (A simple build
> > > > script will do the
> > > > work for you)
>
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Manoj
>
> > > > On May 21, 8:44 am, José González Gómez
>
> > > > <jose.gonzalez.go...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > Can't help there, as I haven't tried it yet. Anyway the Spring Roo
> > > > > tutorial includes generation of persistent classes using JPA and
> > > > > Hibernate, so I guess it will include some way to get those entities
> > > > > to GWT, taking into account that is integrated with it
>
> > > > > Good luck!!
>
> > > > > On 21 mayo, 12:57, Navigateur <naveen.c...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > Thanks José!
>
> > > > > > Spring Roo looks brilliant! Just one issue, does any of its modules
> > > > > > utilise Gilead or another DTO assembler so that the Hibernate entities
> > > > > > can smoothly go to the GWT client-side?
>
> > > > > > On May 20, 5:03 pm, José González Gómez
>
> > > > > > <jose.gonzalez.go...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > Although you could think they're the perfect solution for persistence
> > > > > > > in OO languages, object databases haven't taken off, so if you're
> > > > > > > doing anything serious I would be cautious about using them. I don't
> > > > > > > know of any big application in production with an OODB. Maybe we're
> > > > > > > too used to relational databases...
>
> > > > > > > Take a look at Spring Roo, I think you will like it.
>
> > > > > > > Best regards
> > > > > > > José
>
> > > > > > > On 20 mayo, 17:43, Navigateur <naveen.c...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > Wow, thanks José and David!
>
> > > > > > > > I'm new to "tools" so I'm a bit nervous about using them (although I
> > > > > > > > probably shouldn't be) whereas db4o offers straightforward code for
> > > > > > > > persisting objects. Are there any disadvantages to using db4o instead
> > > > > > > > of ORM with tools? db4o seems intuitavely the best option for me right
> > > > > > > > now, but could I be wrong? I thank David for bringing it to my
> > > > > > > > attention, it looks VERY interesting, and under active development,
> > > > > > > > although the queries are currently reportedly slow, but when that is
> > > > > > > > fixed, is there a reason why it shouldn't supercede RD and ORD for new
> > > > > > > > projects?
>
> > > > > > > > On May 20, 3:18 pm, José González Gómez
>
> > > > > > > > <jose.gonzalez.go...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > > > JPA/Hibernate supports annotations, so you don't have to fiddle with
> > > > > > > > > xml files any more; and JPA/Hibernate has adopted the "sane defaults"
> > > > > > > > > and "convention over configuration" policy, so unless you want to take
> > > > > > > > > control of your mappings (something you should do if you're doing
> > > > > > > > > anything serious) most of the times it's enough to annotate the
> > > > > > > > > persistent class with the @Entity annotation.
>
> > > > > > > > > Anyway, if you're handling complex object structures, it's way more
> > > > > > > > > cumbersome to handle persistence by hand, instead of using a ORM
> > > > > > > > > framework. If you want to have automatic update of the database,
> > > > > > > > > Hibernate tools is able to generate the database schema from your
> > > > > > > > > mappings. I suggest to take a look at Maven, Maven Hibernate plugin,
> > > > > > > > > JBoss Tools, and Spring Roo. Haven't worked with the later, but GWT
> > > > > > > > > has just made a coordinated release with Spring Roo and I think it may
> > > > > > > > > be quite interesting for you.
>
> > > > > > > > > I hope this isn't getting too much OT...
>
> > > > > > > > > HTH, best regards
> > > > > > > > > José
>
> > > > > > > > > On 20 mayo, 15:37, Navigateur <naveen.c...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > Thanks José! But don't they still require you to do the "hibernate-
> > > > > > > > > > mapping" xml thing? Isn't this cumbersome for complex object
> > > > > > > > > > structures? Or is there a way of being able to play with your object
> > > > > > > > > > structure without having to change the hibernate-mapping xml every
> > > > > > > > > > time (i.e. a default automatic behaviour for all objects, which also
> > > > > > > > > > updates the data-store to reflect object-structure changes in the
> > > > > > > > > > code)?
>
> > > > > > > > > > Thanks!
> > > > > > > > > > N
>
> > > > > > > > > > On May 20, 10:08 am, José González Gómez
>
> > > > > > > > > > <jose.gonzalez.go...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > Although your question has (almost) nothing to do with GWT... we're
> > > > > > > > > > > working on a GWT + JavaEE application, and evaluated several
> > > > > > > > > > > alternatives regarding this problem. We had two winners, both of them
> > > > > > > > > > > using of course JPA with Hibernate provider:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > 1. Use Gilead to transform your persistent entities and send them to
> > > > > > > > > > > GWT
> > > > > > > > > > > 2. Use DTOs, and use Dozer to transform from / to domain objects /
> > > > > > > > > > > entities
>
> > > > > > > > > > > In our case we chose DTOs / Dozer over Gilead because we favoured
> > > > > > > > > > > layer separation, encapsulation and security over development ease.
> > > > > > > > > > > YMMV
>
> > > > > > > > > > > Best regards
> > > > > > > > > > > José
>
> > > > > > > > > > > On 20 mayo, 10:54, Navigateur <naveen.c...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > Ah yes! Except that I want to be able to get persistent things onto my
> > > > > > > > > > > > client side without too much conversion or trouble (i.e. the same
> > > > > > > > > > > > objects client-and-server-side using the same language, and the same
> > > > > > > > > > > > class definitions).
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > What are my full range of options for this, anyway?
> > > > > > > > > > > > And which is the best one for the purposes I've mentioned?
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > On May 20, 12:34 am, Blessed Geek <blessedg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Wouldn't  your initial question be like -
> > > > > > > > > > > > > What is the best power tool to use to build the fence around my garden
> > > > > > > > > > > > > if I wish to plant my garden with tulips.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > But later on in your post, you reveal that your question actually has
> > > > > > > > > > > > > nothing to do with GWT, just as growing tulips has nothing to do with
> > > > > > > > > > > > > choice of power tools for your fence.
>
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