Dali 3.2Planning/Backlog

Dali Feature Backlog (Juno)

EclipseLink JAXB

• Annotation support for EclipseLink JAXB
  • Tolerance for EclipseLink JAXB annotations (Complete)
  • Prioritized annotations
    • @XmlPath
    • @XmlInverseReference
    • @XmlCDATA
    • @XmlDiscriminatorNode
    • @XmlDiscriminatorValue
  • Prioritized JPA fidelity annotations
    • @XmlInverseReference
    • @XmlKey
    • @XmlJoinNode
    • @XmlJoinNodes
    • @XmlVirtualAccessMethods
• XML Mapping file support

JAXB

• Complete Core JAXB functionality Open JAXB Enhancements

EclipseLink JPA

• Additional support for EclipseLink provider specific annotations and mapping file content Open EclipseLink enhancements

JPA 2.0

• Complete remaining support for JPA 2.0 features Open JPA 2.0 related enhancements

Core functionality

• Enhance Validation (medium-high priority)
  • Conflicting mapping annotations - Basic and One to One on same attribute; resource model validation
• Enhance inheritance support (change strategies mid hierarchy) 141528 (eclipselink related - lower priority)
• Support Callbacks 198985 (Low Priority)
• Multiple Persistent Unit support (Non-overlapping – classes must be listed in persistence.xml) 194833 (3.0?)
• Better support for EAR development
• Support XML files in Jars

Usability/Integration

(take further advantage of Eclipse integration)

• Tabbed Properties integration (not currently possible, but still fighting the good fight)
• Additional participation in Java Refactoring 136333 (higher priority)
  • Refactor JPQL queries (high)
• Autosync between project and persistence.xml 141421 (medium priority)
• JPA Metadata Conversion (annotation -> XML) 138622(high)
• Quick Fixes
• JPQL Query Editor
• Add ability to run JPQL queries
• JPA orm.xml content assist

Extensibility

• API
  • Move from provisional to public where possible (high)
• Entity Generation extensibility 175177 (Help Wanted)