Dali feature backlog post 2.0

Dali Feature Backlog

(as of Dali 2.1 release)

EclipseLink

Additional support for EclipseLink provider specific annotations and mapping file content (high)
- Open EclipseLink enhancements

JPA 2.0

Extensibility

API
- API for easily saving OrmXML and PersistentXML models 223197 (low priority - help wanted)
- Headless API for committing changes to CU 184470 (low-priority - help wanted)
- Move from provisional to public where possible (high)
Entity Generation extensibility 175177 (Help Wanted)

More Spec support

Enhance Validation (many enhancements associated with this in bugzilla) (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)
Additional Query support (high)
Support Callbacks 198985 (Low Priority)
Multiple Persistent Unit support (Non-overlapping – classes must be listed in persistence.xml) 194833 (3.0?)
Java Class file support 197069 (2.2)
- Cross project references

Usability/Integration (take further advantage of Eclipse integration)

Tabbed Properties integration (not currently possible, but still fighting the good fight)
Participate in Java Refactoring 136333 (higher priority)
Enhance Entity Gen (look for contributions) (2.2)
- Type configuration (some support now by editing platform def files)
- Add relationship management code (add/remove)
- Detect existing entities when generating new entities from schema 146451 (helpwanted)
- Many others
Autosync between project and persistence.xml 141421 (medium priority)
Multi-select “Make Entity” support 182849 (low priority)
Action to move annotation metadata to XML Mapping File metadata for a given attribute?, type, package, or project. 138622(3.0?)
Remove Utility Module requirement 234383(higher priority)
Unify class specification(linking, lightbulbs, etc) 231533(Complete 2.2)